Lot 119 · 19th Century European Art Including Orientalist and Spanish Art
La Contessa Speranza
Giovanni Boldini · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £350,000–£450,000 hammer ≈ $644,115–$828,148
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 19th Century European Art Including Orientalist and Spanish Art, London · 14 June 2006
- Dimensions
- 86 7/8 x 44 1/8 in. (220.7 x 112.1 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5670210
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-5670210 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5670210
Giovanni Boldini, La Contessa Speranza. Christie's, 14 Jun 2006, lot 119. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5670210.
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Giovanni Boldini, La Contessa Speranza. Christie's, 14 Jun 2006, lot 119. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5670210.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The Egyptian Fortune Teller | Rudolf Ernst | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Sulle alture di Scutare (On the hills of Uskudar) | Fausto Zonaro | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Dal venditore di tè (il maniscalco) | Alberto Pasini | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| The ambush | Hermann David Salomon Corrodi | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Moor in a headdress | José Tapiro Y Baro | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| L'après-midi oriental | Jean-baptiste Huysmans 1826-1906 | £20,000–£30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Boldini | lady in a yellow hat with her dog (the marchesa casati) | $866,500 | Sotheby's, Jan 2013 | |
| Giovanni Boldini | portrait of luis and pedro subercaseaux | Sotheby's, Apr 2004 | ||
| Giovanni Boldini | Les Parisiennes | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Giovanni Boldini | Portrait of Madame Josephina Alvear de Errazuriz | Sotheby's, Oct 2004 | ||
| Giovanni Boldini | Portrait of Celia Tobin Clark | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Giovanni Boldini | Portrait of Countess Zichy | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Giovanni Boldini | In the Garden | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Giovanni Boldini | The Letter | Sotheby's, May 2008 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.