A Sea Battle — Attributed to Cornelis de Wael (1592-1667)

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Estimate: £500–£700 hammer ≈ $838–$1,173
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Sale: Christie's — Russian Art, London (South Kensington) · 21 April 1998
Record ID: TB-2026-6692087
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Cornelis De Wael, A Sea Battle. Christie's, 21 Apr 1998, lot 398. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6692087.

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Cornelis De Wael, A Sea Battle. Christie's, 21 Apr 1998, lot 398. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6692087.

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From the same sale Russian Art · Apr 1998

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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
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Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Cornelis De Wael	River landscape, with figures before a bridge, a cottage bey	$2,176	Sotheby's, Apr 2005
Phillips Wouwerman	A pair of landscape miniatures		Lempertz, May 2018
Jan Miense Molenaer	[no title recorded]		Dorotheum, Dec 2021
Jan Miense Molenaer	Figures in an interior		Bonhams, Oct 2015
Cornelis De Wael	a cavalry battle scene in a wooded landscape		Sotheby's, Nov 2005
Phillips Wouwerman	Cavalry in front of a sutler's booth		Sotheby's, Jan 2021
Cornelis De Wael	a busy pier by a classical palace		Sotheby's, Oct 2008
Giovanni Antonio Canal, Called Canaletto	giovanni antonio canal, called canaletto \| vedute: three vie		Sotheby's, Mar 2020

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