Lot 14 · Old Master Pictures
Portrait of a connoisseur, full-length, seated at a draped table with books, prints and writing implements in a library interior
Richard Brakenburgh · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,533–$5,299
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures , London (South Kensington) · 2 November 2005
- Dimensions
- 19½ x 16½ in. (49.5 x 41.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5757892
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Richard Brakenburgh, Portrait of a connoisseur, full-length, seated at a draped table with books, prints and writing implements in a library interior. Christie's, 2 Nov 2005, lot 14. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5757892.
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Richard Brakenburgh, Portrait of a connoisseur, full-length, seated at a draped table with books, prints and writing implements in a library interior. Christie's, 2 Nov 2005, lot 14. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5757892.
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From the same sale Old Master Pictures · Nov 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A view of Antwerp with elegant company on a quay | Follower Of Joseph Van Bredael | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Three studies of bulls' heads | Circle Of Simon Van Der Does | £1,000–£2,000 | |
| Fishermen selling their catch at a riverside cottage | Jan Van Der Bent | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The Adoration of the Shepherds | Circle Of Frans Francken II | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Elegant company on horseback at halt outside a cottage, a landscape beyond | Follower of Philips Wouwermans | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| A wooded river landscape with a stag hunt, a castle beyond | Circle Of Anton Mirou | £9,000–£12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Brakenburgh | A Mediterranean port with merchants on the quayside; and A M | $4,462 | Bonhams, Jul 2020 | |
| Richard Brakenburgh | A couple in an interior. | Koller, Sep 2025 | ||
| Richard Brakenburgh | a brothel scene with figures making merry together with figu | Sotheby's, Sep 2005 | ||
| Richard Brakenburgh | An Alchemist's shop | Sotheby's, Dec 2012 | ||
| Richard Brakenburgh | Figures outside an inn | Bonhams, Nov 2016 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Perseus and Andromeda | Freeman's | Hindman, Jul 2025 | ||
| Richard Brakenburgh | A merry company making music and singing in an interior | Christie's, Jan 2007 | ||
| Richard Brakenburgh | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2017 |
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.