Lot 36 · Old Master Pictures & Drawings
A jay perched on a tree stump and a lapwing flying above
Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter · oil on panel
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,920–$10,380
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures & Drawings , London (South Kensington) · 7 December 2005
- Dimensions
- 26 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. (66.4 x 50.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5736738
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter, A jay perched on a tree stump and a lapwing flying above. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736738.
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Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter, A jay perched on a tree stump and a lapwing flying above. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736738.
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From the same sale Old Master Pictures & Drawings · Dec 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A bird of paradise on a branch | Circle of Aert Schouman (Dordrecht 1710-1792 The Hague) | £500–£800 | |
| A Dutch man-o'-war and other shipping in choppy seas | Circle Of Jan Peeters | £1,500–£2,500 | |
| The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew | German School, 18th Century | £600–£800 | |
| Design for a frontispiece flanked by personifications of divine and s… | Central Italian School, 17th Century | £400–£600 | |
| Study of a left hand | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| The eruption of Vesuvius seen across the Bay of Naples, a boat drawn … | Neapolitan School | £2,000–£4,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter | Decorative fowl by a river | $6,231 | Bonhams, Apr 2017 | |
| Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2022 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Portrait of the Raby de la Ponte children | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | ||
| Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter | Peacock, Cockerel and Other Birds in a Landscape | Freeman's | Hindman, Oct 2023 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | A goshawk perched on the hand of a falconer | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Italian School, 17th Century | Portrait of a man surprised, possibly a self-portrait of the | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Portrait of a Gentleman, Formerly Identified as Richard Cumb | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Portrait of a young man, aged 21, with a quill pen | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 |
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.