Lot 404 · Old Master Pictures & Drawings
Silenus bound, begging three shepherdesses to untie him: an illustration to Virgil's Eclogues
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,595–$3,460
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures & Drawings , London (South Kensington) · 7 December 2005
- Dimensions
- 7¾ x 7¾ in. (197 x 197 mm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5736899
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Angelica Kauffman, Silenus bound, begging three shepherdesses to untie him: an illustration to Virgil's Eclogues. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 404. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736899.
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Angelica Kauffman, Silenus bound, begging three shepherdesses to untie him: an illustration to Virgil's Eclogues. Christie's, 7 Dec 2005, lot 404. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5736899.
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