Lot 53 · Old Master Pictures
The destruction of the children of Niobe
French School, circa 1772
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,694–$10,041
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures , London · 30 October 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6629109
- Record
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French School, circa 1772, The destruction of the children of Niobe. Christie's, 30 Oct 1998, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6629109.
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French School, circa 1772, The destruction of the children of Niobe. Christie's, 30 Oct 1998, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6629109.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A winter landscape, with skaters and horse-drawn sledges beneath the … | Thomas Heeremans | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| A herdsman with cattle and goats by a stream; and A foxhunt | Jan Van Gool | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| The Marriage of the Virgin | Pellegrino Tibaldi | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Portrait of a cleric, half-length seated, a book in his right hand | Circle Of Scipione Pulzone | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The Penitent Saint Jerome | Circle Of Joseph Marie Vien | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Aeneas rescuing his father from the Sack of Troy | Engelbert Ergo | £6,000–£8,000 |