Lot 322 · Old Master Pictures & Drawings
Design for a frontispiece flanked by personifications of divine and secular Justice and surmounted by a crowned eagle
Central Italian School, 17th Century · black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark Orfini arms
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- Estimate
- £400–£600 hammer ≈ $692–$1,038
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures & Drawings , London (South Kensington) · 7 December 2005
- Dimensions
- 9¼ x 7 in. (235 x 178 mm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5736846
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Central Italian School, 17th Century, Design for a frontispiece flanked by personifications of divine and secular Justice and surmounted by a crowned eagle. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 322. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736846.
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Central Italian School, 17th Century, Design for a frontispiece flanked by personifications of divine and secular Justice and surmounted by a crowned eagle. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 322. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736846.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| A Dutch man-o'-war and other shipping in choppy seas | Circle Of Jan Peeters | £1,500–£2,500 | |
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