Lot 360 · Old Master Pictures & Drawings
A shepherd restraining a maiden
Pietro Antonio Novelli · black chalk, pen and grey ink, watermark PP
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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $1,038–$1,384
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures & Drawings , London (South Kensington) · 7 December 2005
- Dimensions
- 8 1/8 x 5¾ in. (206 x 146 mm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5736874
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5736874 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5736874
Pietro Antonio Novelli, A shepherd restraining a maiden. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 360. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736874.
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Pietro Antonio Novelli, A shepherd restraining a maiden. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 360. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736874.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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