• Auction 6979

    Old Master Pictures

    7 July 2004, London

    SALE TOTAL: 10,629,687 (GBP)
55 Lots for Sale 6979
Lot 1
Circle of Lippo di Benivieni (active Florence 1296-1320)
Saint Paul
on gold ground panel, pointed top, in an integral frame

19 x 12¼ in. (48.2 x 31.1 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£1,195
($2,204)
Lot 3
Attributed to Francesco Botticini (Florence 1446-1497)
Portrait of a young gentleman, bust-length, in a black coat and black cap
oil on panel

22¼ x 16¼ in. (56.5 x 41.3 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($27,675 - $46,125)

price realized
£57,360
($105,829)
Lot 4
Domenico Bigordi, il Ghirlandaio (Florence 1449-1494)
Two Angels in Adoration
fresco, detached and mounted on canvas

34 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (86.7 x 49.2 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($27,675 - $46,125)

price realized
£65,725
($121,262)
Lot 5
Attributed to Jacopo Torni, dell'Indaco (Florence 1476-1526 Villena)
Hercules and the Nemean Lion
oil on panel

11¼ x 16 in. (28.6 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($18,450 - $27,675)

price realized
£11,352
($20,945)
Lot 6
Venetian School, circa 1500
Venus and Mars in a river landscape with Vulcan labouring in his forge
oil on panel

12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.1 x 25.1 cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($18,450 - $27,675)

price realized
£21,510
($39,685)
Lot 8
Alvise Vivarini (Venice or Murano 1442/53-1503/5)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black coat and black cap
oil on marouflaged panel

11 1/8 x 8½ in. (28.2 x 21.6 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($27,675 - $46,125)

price realized
£41,825
($77,167)
Lot 10
Joos de Momper II (Antwerp 1564-1635)
An extensive mountainous landscape with an angel appearing to Hagar
oil on panel

12¼ x 21 5/8 in. (31.1 x 54.9 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£17,925
($33,071)
Lot 12
Pietro Alemanno (Göttweich, Austria c. 1430-1497/8 Ascoli Piceno)
The Madonna and Child with two Angels
on gold ground panel

41¼ x 20 1/8 in. (104.8 x 51.1 cm.)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($73,800 - $110,700)

price realized
£162,050
($298,982)
Lot 14
The Master of the Pietà di San Costanzo (Perugia, late 15th Century)
A Triptych: the central panel: Christ the Redeemer; the wings: Christ carrying...
on gold ground panel, in an integral frame

central panel: 22 x 16½ in. (56 x 42 cm.); wings: 22 3/8 x 8¼ in. (57 x 21 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£106,050
($195,662)
Lot 15
The Master of the Mansi Magdalen (active Antwerp c. 1515-1525)
The Entombment
oil on panel

33 7/8 x 19 in. (86 x 48.2 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($110,700 - $147,600)

price realized
£71,700
($132,286)
Lot 18
Goswijn van der Weyden (Brussels c. 1465-after 1538 Antwerp)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Margaret of...
oil on panel

28½ x 25¼ in. (72.4 x 64.2 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($110,700 - $147,600)

price realized
£77,675
($143,310)
Lot 20
Herri met de Bles, il Civetta (b. Bouvines c. 1510)
The Descent into Limbo
oil on panel

8 3/8 x 13¼ in. (21.3 x 33.7 cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($221,400 - $332,100)

price realized
£117,250
($216,326)
Lot 24
Pieter Brueghel II (Brussels 1564/5-1637/8 Antwerp)
The Birdtrap
oil on panel, unframed

15 3/8 x 21¾ in. (39 x 55.2 cm.)
estimate
£600,000 - £800,000
($1,107,000 - $1,476,000)

price realized
£1,293,250
($2,386,046)
Lot 25
Hendrick van Steenwijck II (Frankfurt or Antwerp c. 1560-c. 1649 London)
The interior of a cathedral with gentlemen and beggars
oil on panel, circular

10½ in. (26.7 cm.) diam.
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($18,450 - $27,675)

price realized
£26,290
($48,505)
Lot 26
Jan-Pieter van Bredael (Antwerp 1654-1745)
A river landscape with peasants merrymaking beside a cottage; and A village...
oil on copper

6½ x 9¼ in. (16.5 x 23.5 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£35,850
($66,143)
Lot 27
Flemish School (?), circa 1660-70
The opening of a Ball in a palatial Assembly Room
oil on canvas

35¼ x 50½ in. (89.5 x 128.3 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($46,125 - $64,575)

price realized
£57,360
($105,829)
Lot 30
Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657)
A deer, a fawn and other dead game suspended on hooks, a lobster on a porcelain...
oil on canvas

70 x 54 1/8 in. (177.8 x 137.5 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($369,000 - $553,500)

price realized
£195,650
($360,974)
Lot 33
Circle of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)
A 17th Century Antwerp gilt-metal mounted ebony cabinet, the rectangular...
Central Panels (anti-clockwise from top left): Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (?); Saint Paul the Hermit (or Elijah); an Hermit Saint; an Hermit Saint (Saint James the Greater?); Susanna and the Elders; Elijah visited by an Angel; The Triumph of David over Goliath; Jacob wrestling with the Angel; the Finding of Moses; and Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law (central door); Side Panels (left to right): A Biblical scene; and The Sacrifice of Isaac

27 x 32¾ x 14 1/8 in. (68.5 x 83.1 x 35.9 cm.) with the doors closed
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£31,070
($57,324)
Lot 36
Theobald Michau (Tournai 1676-1765 Antwerp)
A village landscape with peasants merrymaking outside an inn and fording the...
oil on copper

11 1/8 x 15 3/8 in. (28.3 x 39.1 cm.)
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($129,150 - $184,500)

price realized
£89,250
($164,666)
Lot 38
Richard van Bleek (The Hague 1670-1733 London)
Portrait of the painter Coenraet Roepel (The Hague 1678-1748), seated,...
oil on canvas

44¼ x 35 in. (112.4 x 88.9 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£15,535
($28,662)
Lot 40
Louis Finson (Bruges c. 1580-1617 Amsterdam)
The Triumph of David over Goliath
oil on panel

44½ x 32½ in. (113 x 82.5 cm.)
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($55,350 - $92,250)

price realized
£29,875
($55,119)
Lot 43
Meindert Hobbema (Amsterdam 1638-1709)
A wooded landscape with a hunter and other figures on a path
oil on panel

12¼ x 15 7/8 in. (31.1 x 40.3 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($276,750 - $461,250)

price realized
£150,850
($278,318)
Lot 44
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A view of Gorinchem with shipping on the Rhine in the foreground
oil on panel

26¾ x 37 5/8 in. (67.9 x 95.5 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($147,600 - $221,400)

price realized
£150,850
($278,318)
Lot 46
Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dordrecht 1627-1678)
Portrait of a young man, bust-length, in a brocade-lined cloak and a velvet...
oil on canvas

20½ x 17 3/8 in. (52.2 x 44.2 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($46,125 - $64,575)

price realized
£26,290
($48,505)
Lot 48
Johannes Fris (Amsterdam 1627-1672)
A vanitas still life
oil on canvas

54¼ x 45¼ in. (137.8 x 114.9 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£20,315
($37,481)
Lot 51
Karel van Mander III (Delft 1610-1670 Copenhagen)
An Allegory of taste: a young man drinking from a silver tankard
oil on panel

22 3/8 x 18¼ in. (56.8 x 46.3 cm.)
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($129,150 - $184,500)

price realized
£218,050
($402,302)
Lot 53
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A river landscape with travellers approaching a village
oil on panel

30 x 43¾ in. (76.2 x 111.1 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($110,700 - $147,600)

price realized
£77,675
($143,310)
Lot 54
Pieter Claesz. (Burgsteinfurt c. 1579-1660 Haarlem)
A crab on a pewter plate, a roemer, a partly-peeled lemon on a pewter...
oil on panel

23½ x 31½ in. (59 x 79.5 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($276,750 - $369,000)

price realized
£162,050
($298,982)
Lot 55
Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
A galjoot and a smalschip at anchor approached by a small...
oil on panel

12 3/8 x 17 in. (31.4 x 43.2 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($276,750 - $369,000)

price realized
£318,850
($588,278)
Lot 56
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
A wooded river landscape with figures on a bank awaiting the approach of a...
oil on panel

20 5/8 x 32 7/8 in. (52.4 x 83.5 cm.)
estimate
£700,000 - £1,000,000
($1,291,500 - $1,845,000)

price realized
£766,850
($1,414,838)
Lot 63
Joseph Stephan (Munich 1709-1786)
A boar hunt in winter; A stag hunt; and A stag hunt: the kill
oil on canvas

29 3/8 x 42½ in. (74.6 x 107.9 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($46,125 - $64,575)

price realized
£31,070
($57,324)
Lot 64
Jakob Philipp Hackert (Prenzlau 1737-1807 San Pietro di Careggi)
A view of the Villa Albani, Rome, from the Patrizi Villa, with peasants, and an...
oil on canvas

22 x 26 5/8 in. (55.8 x 67.6 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£17,925
($33,071)
Lot 65
Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar)
Lot and his Daughters
oil on panel

22 x 15 3/8 in. (55.9 x 39 cm.)
estimate
£800,000 - £1,200,000
($1,476,000 - $2,214,000)

price realized
£979,650
($1,807,454)
Lot 66
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636-1699 London)
Parrot tulips, chrysanthemums, primroses, morning glory and other flowers in a...
oil on canvas

31¼ x 25 5/8 in. (79.3 x 65.1 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£45,410
($83,781)
Lot 67
Studio of Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808)
Le jet d'eau
oil on canvas

76 x 33 5/8 in. (193 x 85.4 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£16,730
($30,866)
Lot 68
Jean Raoux (Montpellier 1677-1734 Paris)
The Four Ages of Man: La Vieillesse
oil on canvas

34¼ x 50¾ in. (87 x 128.9 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£38,240
($70,552)
Lot 69
Gaspard Dughet, called Poussin (Rome 1615-1675)
An Italianate river landscape with a villa and shepherds resting with their...
oil on canvas

30¾ x 43 7/8 in. (78.1 x 111.4 cm.)
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($22,140 - $33,210)

price realized
£26,290
($48,505)
Lot 72
Attributed to Josefa de Ayala, called Josefa de Obidos (Seville c. 1630-1684
Pears and marasca cherries in a basket, apricots and cherries in a porcelain...
oil on canvas

30¾ x 56 1/8 in. (78.1 x 142.5 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£59,750
($110,238)
Lot 73
Francisco Collantes (Madrid? c. 1599-c. 1656 Madrid?)
A rocky river landscape with fishermen and shepherds resting with their flock
oil on canvas

42 1/8 x 56¼ in. (107 x 142.8 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($110,700 - $147,600)

price realized
£139,650
($257,654)
Lot 75
Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz 1598-1664 Madrid) and Studio
Saint Francis of Assisi in Prayer
oil on canvas

45 x 34 7/8 in. (114.3 x 88.6 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($369,000 - $553,500)

price realized
£229,250
($422,966)
Lot 77
Philip Peter Roos, called Rosa da Tivoli (St. Goar 1657-1706 Rome)
A shepherdess surrounded by her flock within a landscape; and A shepherd...
oil on canvas

48½ x 66 in. (123.2 x 167.6 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£23,900
($44,095)
Lot 78
Circle of Giacomo Recco (Naples 1603-before 1653)
Figs in a basket, peaches, a watermelon, scallops, crabs, dead fish and birds...
oil on canvas, unlined

43¼ x 57¼ in. (109.8 x 145.4 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£23,900
($44,095)
Lot 79
Paolo Porpora (Naples 1617-1670/80 Rome or Naples)
Boletus, russulas and other mushrooms on a ledge
oil on canvas

14 x 24¾ in. (35.5 x 62.8 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£45,410
($83,781)
Lot 82
Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo 1511-1574 Florence)
The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on panel

27 x 18¾ in. (68.6 x 47.6 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($110,700 - $147,600)

price realized
£89,250
($164,666)
Lot 84
Cornelis de Wael (Antwerp 1592-1667 Rome)
Troops manoeuvring in an extensive landscape
oil on canvas

50 7/8 x 76¼ in. (129.2 x 193.7 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($46,125 - $64,575)

price realized
£33,460
($61,733)
Lot 86
Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-1730)
A wooded landscape, with gentlemen in a carriage on a road in the foreground, a...
oil on canvas, in a contemporary carved and gilded frame

31¾ x 44 in. (80.8 x 112 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($461,250 - $645,750)

price realized
£285,250
($526,286)
Lot 87
Giambattista Pittoni (Venice 1687-1767)
The Continence of Scipio
oil on canvas

26¼ x 33½ in. (66.6 x 85.1 cm.)
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($55,350 - $92,250)

price realized
£47,800
($88,191)
Lot 90
Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768)
The courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice, with the Scala dei Giganti...
oil on canvas

17 x 12¼ in. (43 x 31 cm.)
estimate
£500,000 - £800,000
($922,500 - $1,476,000)

price realized
£778,050
($1,435,502)
Lot 92
Roman School, mid 17th Century
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a brown jacket and white collar
oil on copper, oval

3 x 2½ in. (7.6 x 6.3 cm.)
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($12,915 - $18,450)

price realized
£8,365
($15,433)
Lot 100
Andrea Sacchi (?Rome c. 1599-1661 Rome)
Daedalus and Icarus
oil on canvas

53 3/8 x 38 5/8 in. (135.6 x 98.1 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($369,000 - $553,500)

price realized
£173,250
($319,646)
Lot 101
Benedetto Luti (Florence 1666-1724 Rome)
Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas, unlined

14 3/8 x 18 5/8 in. (36.5 x 47.3 cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($36,900 - $55,350)

price realized
£21,510
($39,685)
Lot 102
Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680-1764 Naples)
Saint Cecilia
oil on canvas

53¾ x 39¼ in. (136.5 x 99.7 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($27,675 - $36,900)

price realized
£15,535
($28,662)
Lot 103
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca 1708-1787 Rome)
Portrait of John Crewe, later 1st Baron Crewe (1742-1829),...
oil on canvas

54 1/8 x 39 in. (137.5 x 99 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($461,250 - $645,750)

price realized
£251,650
($464,294)
Lot 105
Hendrik Frans van Lint (Antwerp 1684-1763 Rome)
An extensive Italianate river landscape with huntsmen and elegant figures on an...
oil on canvas

14 x 17½ in. (35.5 x 44.4 cm.)
estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
($55,350 - $73,800)

price realized
£41,825
($77,167)
Lot 106
Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome)
Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome, looking west towards the tomb of St. Peter,...
oil on canvas

30 x 41¾ in. (75 x 103 cm.)
estimate
£1,500,000 - £2,500,000
($2,767,500 - $4,612,500)

price realized
£2,357,250
($4,349,126)
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