Lot 163 · Old Master and 19th Century Drawings

A fountain at Spa with studies of elegant figures taking the waters and of two monks and a priest; and An elegant company drinking spring water ( recto ), Five figures seen from behind, and another figure ( verso )

Jan Brueghel I · black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey (2), wash, pen and brown ink framing lines

Catalog image of A fountain at Spa with studies of elegant figures taking the waters and of two … — Catalog image, served from the auction house’s site — © the house.

Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.

Estimate: £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $45,977–$64,368
Result
Performance
Sale: Christie's — Old Master and 19th Century Drawings , London · 6 July 2004
Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 7 in. (116 x 178 mm.) and 4 3/8 x 7 in. (111 x 178 mm.)(two on one mount) (2)
Record ID: TB-2026-5906032
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
Cite this record: TB-2026-5906032 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5906032

Jan Brueghel I, A fountain at Spa with studies of elegant figures taking the waters and of two monks and a priest; and An elegant company drinking spring water ( recto ), Five figures seen from behind, and another figure ( verso ). Christie's, 6 Jul 2004, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5906032.

Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable

Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5906032.

Jan Brueghel I, A fountain at Spa with studies of elegant figures taking the waters and of two monks and a priest; and An elegant company drinking spring water ( recto ), Five figures seen from behind, and another figure ( verso ). Christie's, 6 Jul 2004, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5906032.

Test the link

The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.

From the same sale Old Master and 19th Century Drawings · Jul 2004

Lot	Artist	Estimate
A fallen warrior twisting around to the left holding a sword and shield	Circle Of Tiziano Vecellio, Called Titian	£40,000–£60,000
The Resurrection with Saints Andrew, John the Baptist, Cosmas and Damian	Giorgio Vasari	£30,000–£50,000
The head of a bearded man looking down	Late 18th Century Italian School	£2,000–£3,000
A peacock, a squirrel, a chameleon and a crow on a tree	Italian School, 17th Century	£800–£1,200
The marriage of Prince James Stuart, the Old Pretender, and Princess …	Agostino Masucci Rome	£3,000–£5,000
Caricature of a man seen from behind wearing a tricorn and a long coat	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo	£12,000–£18,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Jan Brueghel I	[no title recorded]	$166,616	Dorotheum, Oct 2019
French School, 19th Century	the appearance of zeus		Sotheby's, Jun 2014
Flemish School 18th Century	Portrait of a falconer, the Amsterdam Gate in Haarlem in the		Sotheby's, Apr 2021
Venetian School, 18th Century	portrait of a sultana		Sotheby's, Jan 2021
Jan Brueghel I	[no title recorded]		Dorotheum, Jun 2021
Neapolitan School, 19th Century	neapolitan school, 17th century \| a pair of memento mori wit		Sotheby's, Dec 2019
Jan Brueghel I	The Temptation of Saint Anthony		Christie's, Dec 2017
Jan Brueghel I	A landscape with windmills, travellers and wagons in the for		Sotheby's, Jan 2014

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.