Lot 575 · At Home - British and Continental Pictures
Polishing armour at the blacksmith's forge
Hendricus Johannes Scheeres · oil on panel
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- Estimate
- £700–£1,000 hammer ≈ $1,247–$1,781
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — AT HOME - BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL PICTURES, London (South Kensington) · 7 October 2004
- Dimensions
- 9 x 7 in. (22.8 x 17.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5888292
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Hendricus Johannes Scheeres, Polishing armour at the blacksmith's forge. Christie's, 7 Oct 2004, lot 575. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5888292.
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Hendricus Johannes Scheeres, Polishing armour at the blacksmith's forge. Christie's, 7 Oct 2004, lot 575. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5888292.
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From the same sale At Home - British and Continental Pictures · Oct 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| An extensive landscape with corn stooks | C. Warren (British, 19th Century) | £200–£300 | |
| Figures on a bridge in a wooded landscape | Attributed to Camille-Joseph-Etienne Roqueplan (French, 1803-1855) | £300–£500 | |
| Chrysanthemums in a glass vase on a table | Jenny Zillhardt (French, b.1857) | £800–£1,200 | |
| The strangler | David Davidovich Cherson Burliuk (Russian/American, 1882-1967) | £400–£600 | |
| Tugs in an industrial harbour | Max Hofler (British, 1892-1963) | £200–£300 | |
| A cottage by the hills | Roger Bissière | £800–£1,200 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendricus Johannes Scheeres | The drummer boy | $1,081 | Bonhams, Jun 2015 | |
| Hendricus Johannes Scheeres | Polishing armour at the blacksmith's forge | Christie's, Sep 2001 | ||
| English School, 19th Century | A river landscape with travellers on a bridge; A view of Con | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Hendricus Johannes Scheeres | The blacksmith | Christie's, Jan 1998 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | City on a river estuary, figures and boats in the foreground | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| English School, 19th Century | Two racehorses with jockeys up | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
| English School, 19th Century | Three portraits of Lady Eleanora, Lady Constance and Lord Pa | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Hendricus Johannes Scheeres | The important letter | Christie's, Aug 2007 |
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.