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Lot 21 · Master Drawings from the Oppé Collection

A procession leaving the gates of a walled city

Cesare Gennari · pen and two shades of brown ink, watermark DMP below crowned (?) device

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Estimate
£2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,954–$5,931
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Master Drawings from the Oppé Collection , London · 5 December 2006
Dimensions
11¾ x 16 7/8 in. (298 x 429 mm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5611701
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Cesare Gennari, A procession leaving the gates of a walled city. Christie's, 5 Dec 2006, lot 21. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5611701.

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Cesare Gennari, A procession leaving the gates of a walled city. Christie's, 5 Dec 2006, lot 21. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5611701.

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From the same sale Master Drawings from the Oppé Collection · Dec 2006

LotArtistEstimateResult
The poet Baldini drinking in Melosi's bar Pier Francesco Mola £4,000–£6,000
Jael and Sisera Venetian School, 18th Century £1,500–£2,000
A landscape with trees and a walled park Wenceslaus Hollar £4,000–£6,000
Head of a man in a feathered cap, in profile to the left Willem Pietersz. Buytewech £40,000–£60,000
Ecce Homo Italian School, 17th Century £600–£800
Studies after the Antique ( recto ); A dancing nude ( verso ) Circle of Domenico Ghirlandaio (Florence 1449-1494) £2,000–£4,000

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