Lot 385 · Old Master Pictures and Drawings
A Roman basilica with a round church beyond, said to be San Giovanni Laterano; The walls of a town with an arcaded church tower, said to be Santa Sabina; A church by an aqueduct, said to be San Sisto Vecchio, figures in a boat in the foreground; and An extensive landscape with figures on the shore of an estuary, a ship seen in the distance
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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $873–$1,164
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures and Drawings , London (South Kensington) · 31 October 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5965065
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Giovanni Battista Busiri, A Roman basilica with a round church beyond, said to be San Giovanni Laterano; The walls of a town with an arcaded church tower, said to be Santa Sabina; A church by an aqueduct, said to be San Sisto Vecchio, figures in a boat in the foreground; and An extensive landscape with figures on the shore of an estuary, a ship seen in the distance. Christie's, 31 Oct 2001, lot 385. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5965065.
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Giovanni Battista Busiri, A Roman basilica with a round church beyond, said to be San Giovanni Laterano; The walls of a town with an arcaded church tower, said to be Santa Sabina; A church by an aqueduct, said to be San Sisto Vecchio, figures in a boat in the foreground; and An extensive landscape with figures on the shore of an estuary, a ship seen in the distance. Christie's, 31 Oct 2001, lot 385. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5965065.
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From the same sale Old Master Pictures and Drawings · Oct 2001
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled, from Quatre Lithographies | WILLIAM DE KOONING | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| A cavalry battle | Circle Of Georg Philipp Rugendas I | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Studies of part of an elaborate overdoor and of three figures | Called Marco Da Faenza Marco Marchetti | £800–£1,200 | |
| A nude turned to the left a contraposto | Florentine School, 19th Century | £700–£1,000 | |
| Two studies of a falling man | Donato Creti | £500–£700 | |
| A landscape with a bridge, a rider on the foreground, a village beyond | Antonio Calza | £400–£600 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Battista Busiri | recto: landscape with figures at the tomb of cecilia metella | $1,764 | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | |
| Giovanni Battista Busiri | A view of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, from the south; A ru | Christie's, Dec 2002 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Busiri | A) A rider on horseback, with another figure, on a path lead | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Busiri | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2020 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Busiri | A pair of views: The Falls at Tivoli; The Basilica of Maxent | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Busiri | Un paysage de montagne avec une rivière, des personnages au | Christie's, Dec 2004 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Busiri | View of the Pigniero di Sachetti; Figures at a fountain, a c | Christie's, Jul 2001 | ||
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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.