• Auction 20553

    Old Masters Evening Sale

    8 December 2022, London

    SALE TOTAL: 13,145,100 (GBP)
27 Lots for Sale 20553
Lot 1
JACOB ISAACSZ. VAN SWANENBURG (LEIDEN 1571-1638 UTRECHT)
The Harrowing of Hell
oil on copper
12 3/8 x 17 ½ in. (31.5 x 44.5 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($73,140 - $97,520)

price realized
£119,700
($145,914)
Lot 3
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (AUGSBURG 1497-1543 LONDON) AND WORKSHOP
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), half-length
oil on limewood panel
7 1/8 x 5 ½ in. (18 x 14 cm.)
estimate
£1,000,000 - £1,500,000
($1,219,000 - $1,828,500)

price realized
£1,122,000
($1,367,718)
Lot 4
JACOB SAVERY THE ELDER (KORTRIJK 1565/1567-1603 AMSTERDAM)
A winter landscape with peasants and cattle by a farmstead, with skaters on a...
oil on copper
18 x 27 in. (45.7 x 68.6 cm.)
estimate
£350,000 - £500,000
($426,650 - $609,500)

price realized
£554,400
($675,813)
Lot 5
ANTONIO JOLI (MODENA 1700-1777 NAPLES)
Naples with the Bay of Santa Lucia and Vesuvius beyond; Pula, with the Pula...
oil on canvas
19 x 29 ½ in. (48.5 x 75 cm.); and 18 5/8 x 28 ¾ in. (47.5 x 73 cm.)(2)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($243,800 - $365,700)

price realized
£252,000
($307,188)
Lot 6
FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)
The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking west; and The Piazza San Marco, Venice,...
oil on canvas
12 ¼ x 20 ¾ in. (31.2 x 52.7 cm.)(2)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($365,700 - $609,500)

price realized
£315,000
($383,985)
Lot 7
ANTONIO STOM, CALLED IL TONINO (VENICE 1688-1734)
The Molo, Venice, looking west with the reception of the Papal Nuncio Carlo...
oil on canvas
52 ¾ x 89 in. (134 x 226.1 cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($146,280 - $219,420)

price realized
£138,600
($168,953)
Lot 8
MICHELE MARIESCHI (VENICE 1710-1743)
Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
oil on canvas
22 5/8 x 33 5/8 in. (57.5 x 85.5 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($243,800 - $365,700)

price realized
£189,000
($230,391)
Lot 10
SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON) AND STUDIO
Christ on the cross
oil on canvas, unframed
86 ¾ x 53 in. (220.8 x 138.4 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($182,850 - $304,750)

price realized
£327,600
($399,344)
Lot 11
SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)
Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, three-quarter-length, in a gold gown
oil on canvas
40 ½ x 33 in. (102.9 x 83.9 cm.)
estimate
£2,000,000 - £4,000,000
($2,438,000 - $4,876,000)

price realized
£2,442,000
($2,976,798)
Lot 12
JAN BREUGHEL THE ELDER (BRUSSELS 1568-1625 ANTWERP)
Wooded landscape with travellers
oil on copper, with the plate maker's mark of Pieter Staas
6 3/8 x 9 in. (16.2 x 22.8 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($487,600 - $731,400)

price realized
£346,500
($422,383)
Lot 13
JAN BREUGHEL THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP 1601-1678) AND HENDRICK VAN BALEN (ANTWERP
The Holy Family surrounded by a garland of fruit supported by putti
oil on panel
44 7/8 x 29 ½ in. (114 x 75 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($243,800 - $365,700)

Lot 15
MASTER OF THE DOTTO CHAPEL (ACTIVE PADUA C. 1270-1315)
The Last Judgement
tempera on gold ground panel
6 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (17 x 18.2 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($304,750 - $426,650)

price realized
£315,000
($383,985)
Lot 16
MASTER OF THE DOTTO CHAPEL (ACTIVE PADUA C. 1270-1315)
The Crucifixion
tempera on gold ground panel
6 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (17 x 18.2 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($304,750 - $426,650)

price realized
£315,000
($383,985)
Lot 17
BARNABA AGOCCHIARI, CALLED BARNABA DA MODENA (MODENA C. 1328/30-C.1386)
Madonna and Child with two angels
tempera on gold ground panel
18 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (48 x 34.5 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($487,600 - $731,400)

price realized
£882,000
($1,075,158)
Lot 18
DANUBIAN OR LOWER AUSTRIAN ARTIST, CIRCA 1520–1530
The Coronation of the Virgin
56 ¼ in. (143 cm.) high
45 1/8 in. (114.5 cm.) wide
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) deep
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($146,280 - $219,420)

Lot 19
MASTER OF CHARLES III OF DURAZZO (ACTIVE IN FLORENCE C. 1380–1420)
The story of Lucretia - a cassone front
tempera, gold and silver on panel with pastille decorations
18 7/8 x 49 ¾ in. (48 x 126.5 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($97,520 - $146,280)

price realized
£88,200
($107,515)
Lot 20
PIETRO TESTA, IL LUCCHESINO (LUCCA 1612-1650 ROME)
The Death of Sinorix
oil on canvas, unframed
51 ¼ x 59 3/8 in. (130.2 x 150.8 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($73,140 - $97,520)

Lot 21
MELCHIOR D'HONDECOETER (UTRECHT 1636-1695 AMSTERDAM)
A game still life with a hung hare, a boar's head and a musket in a landscape
oil on canvas
42 ¼ x 32 5/8 in. (107.3 x 82.8 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($121,900 - $182,850)

price realized
£113,400
($138,234)
Lot 22
WILLEM CLAESZ. HEDA (HAARLEM 1594-1680)
A large roemer, a silver knife, a gold pocket watch with blue ribbon, a pewter...
oil on panel
13 ¼ x 21 ¾ in. (33.6 x 55.2 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($182,850 - $304,750)

price realized
£756,000
($921,564)
Lot 23
WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER (LEIDEN 1633-1707 LONDON)
A Calm – A kaag alongside a smalschip at anchor, with a...
oil on canvas
13 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (34 x 37.8 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($487,600 - $731,400)

price realized
£378,000
($460,782)
Lot 24
PIERRE PATEL (PICARDY C. 1605-1676 PARIS)
Apollo and the Muses in a landscape
oil on panel
37 x 84 in. (94 x 213.4 cm.)
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($85,330 - $121,900)

price realized
£81,900
($99,836)
Lot 25
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ATTRIBUTED TO CARLO ALBACINI (ACTIVE IN ROME C. 1760 -
Bacchus and Ariadne
39 ¼ in. (100 cm.) high
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($121,900 - $182,850)

price realized
£138,600
($168,953)
Lot 26
Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680-1764 Naples)
Portrait of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, PRS, three-quarter-length,...
oil on canvas
68 x 49 ¼ in. (172.5 x 125 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($121,900 - $182,850)

price realized
£378,000
($460,782)
Lot 27
HENDRIK FRANS VAN LINT, LO STUDIO (ANTWERP 1684-1763 ROME)
The Forum, Rome, with Santa Francesca Romana and the Colosseum beyond
oil on canvas
22 x 42 1/8 in. (55.9 x 108.3 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($243,800 - $365,700)

price realized
£390,600
($476,141)
Lot 28
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE TROY (PARIS 1679-1752 ROME)
The Reading Party
oil on canvas
32 ¼ x 25 ½ in. (81.8 x 64.7 cm.)
estimate
£2,000,000 - £3,000,000
($2,438,000 - $3,657,000)

price realized
£2,922,000
($3,561,918)
Lot 29
CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (AVIGNON 1714-1789 PARIS)
Mediterranean port at sunset, with a fisherman in the foreground
oil on copper
15 ½ x 21 ¾ in. (39.5 x 55.3 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($365,700 - $609,500)

price realized
£302,400
($368,625)
Lot 30
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY, SUFFOLK 1727-1788 LONDON)
Portrait of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Lord Rodney (1718-1792),...
oil on canvas
24 x 15 7/8 in. (61 x 40.5 cm.)
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($36,570 - $60,950)

price realized
£277,200
($337,906)
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