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Lot 167 · Cameras and Photographic Equipment

Study for a wall decoration: a seated allegorical female figure holding a Cardinal's hat surrounded by Peace and figures trampling Heresy and War

Matthäus Terwesten

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Estimate
$4,000–$6,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, London (South Kensington) · 24 January 2001
Record ID
TB-2026-6058094
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Matthäus Terwesten, Study for a wall decoration: a seated allegorical female figure holding a Cardinal's hat surrounded by Peace and figures trampling Heresy and War. Christie's, 24 Jan 2001, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6058094.

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Matthäus Terwesten, Study for a wall decoration: a seated allegorical female figure holding a Cardinal's hat surrounded by Peace and figures trampling Heresy and War. Christie's, 24 Jan 2001, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6058094.

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From the same sale Cameras and Photographic Equipment · Jan 2001

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Neptune in his chariot drawn by hippocamps Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (1499-1546) or studio $25,000–$50,000
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The death of Patroclus, with the body of Hector brought by Achilles Joseph-Barthélémy Le Bouteux (1744-after 1791) $6,000–$8,000
A view in the Roman campagna Attributed to Félix Boisselier (1776-1811) $5,000–$7,000
Peacocks, doves, a deer, an eagle, a pheasant and a horse at a founta… Jean de La Chambre the Younger (1648-1685) $3,000–$5,000
An album of thirty-six leaves: studies of heads, feet, angels and put… Attributed to Sebastian Walther (1576-1645) $7,000–$10,000

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