An Allegory of Melancholia: A seated Man holding a Jar next to an Owl — Neapolitan School, early 18th Century

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

Estimate: £200–£300 hammer ≈ $335–$503
Result
Performance
Sale: Christie's — Russian Art, London (South Kensington) · 21 April 1998
Record ID: TB-2026-6691912
Record: first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
Cite this record: TB-2026-6691912 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-6691912

Neapolitan School, Early 17th Century, An Allegory of Melancholia: A seated Man holding a Jar next to an Owl. Christie's, 21 Apr 1998, lot 124. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6691912.

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-2026-6691912.

Neapolitan School, Early 17th Century, An Allegory of Melancholia: A seated Man holding a Jar next to an Owl. Christie's, 21 Apr 1998, lot 124. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6691912.

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 Russian Art · Apr 1998

Lot	Artist	Estimate
The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist	Circle Of Paolo Farinati	£400–£600
Angels in Flight	Circle Of Carlo Maratta	£400–£600
A View of the Castle at Grotta Ferrata; A View of Cirinale, near Sien…	Giovanni Battista Busiri	£600–£800
Ferra, near Naples; A Capriccio with the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli; A…	Giovanni Battista Busiri	£600–£800
A Woman wearing an Olive Wreath led by a Man to a Room with Antiquiti…	Italian School, C. 1800	£600–£800
Washerwomen at Tivoli, the villages of Monticelli and Palombara beyond	Bartolomeo Pinelli	£1,500–£2,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
French School, 19th Century	A ship in heavy weather, near a rocky cliff	$378	Sotheby's, May 2022
Italian School, 17th Century	Figures resting among classical ruins		Bonhams, Mar 2019
Roman School, 17th Century	[no title recorded]		Dorotheum, Apr 2023
Italian School, 17th Century	Time cutting the wings of Love		Christie's, Dec 2024
French School, 19th Century	The Rest on the Flight to Egypt		Sotheby's, May 2022
French School, 19th Century	A couple below a tree		Sotheby's, May 2022
French School, 19th Century	Ruins of a classical building with figures		Sotheby's, Jul 2022
French School, 19th Century	Putto with basket of grapes		Bonhams, Oct 2019

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.