Christies: Old Master Prints, 23899, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morin Jean (circa 1590-1650); Champaigne Philippe de (1602-1674) | Memento Mori |
circa 1645-50 | GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 48,260.00 | |
| 2 | Goltzius Hendrick (1558-1617); Passe Simon de (1595-1647); Passe Crispijn de II (1564-1637); Bossi Benigno (1727-1792); Chereau Jacques (1688-1776); Coypel Noel Nicolas (1690-1734) | 4 Books, including: Quis Evadet (Allegory of Transience) |
London | circa 1600; 1612-15; 1760; circa 1737 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 3 | Swanenburg Willem van (1581/82-1612); Woudanus Jan Cornelis (circa 1570-1615) | The Anatomical Theatre of the University of Leiden |
Leiden | 1610 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 22,860.00 |
| 4 | Hondius Hendrick (1573-1650) | Still Life with Skull, Sandglass, Books, and Artist’s Utensils |
1626 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 5 | Hollar Wenceslaus (1607-1677); Vinci Leonardo da (1452-1519); Morgenstern Johann Friedrich (1777-1844) | 4 Books, including: Three Etchings of Skulls |
1645; 1651; 1652; 1797 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 6 | Schenck Pieter (1660-1718/19) | Vanitas Still Life |
circa 1688 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,826.00 | |
| 7 | Monogrammist IEN | Five Still Lifes of Fruit and Vegetables |
late 17th century | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,540.00 | |
| 8 | Saenredam Jan (1565-1607); Goltzius Hendrick (1558-1617); Bosse Abraham (1602-1678); Zetter Jakob von | 3 Books, including: Market Scene with erotic Overtones |
Frankfurt | 1615; circa 1632-33; 1624 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 9 | Matham Jacob (1571-1631); Aertsen Pieter (1508-1575) | Three Kitchen and Market Scenes with Biblical Scenes in the Background |
1603 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 10 | Collaert Adriaen (circa 1560-1618); Bol Hans (1534-1593) | Three Market Scenes |
1582 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 11 | Van de Velde Esaias (1587-1630) | Square Landscape with Travellers |
Haarlem | circa 1616-19 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,270.00 |
| 12 | Morin Jean (1590-1650); Fouquieres Jacques (1590-1659) | Four large upright Landscapes |
circa 1625-50 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 5,715.00 | |
| 13 | Lens Bernard II (1659-1725); Van Poelenburgh Cornelis (1594-1667) | Landscape with Ruins and bathing Women; Landscape with a formal terraced Garden with Fountains |
circa 1680-1706; circa 1686-1725 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 14 | Hollar Wenceslaus (1607-1677) | Map of London after the Great Fire |
London | 1666 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 15 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista (1710-1778) | Frontispiece with the Statue of Minerva |
circa 1748 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 16 | Canal Antonio (1697-1768) | Mestre |
circa 1735-46 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | Kolbe Carl Wilhelm (1759-1835) | Youth playing a Lyre to a Maiden by a Fountain |
1802-03 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 18 | Clerk John (1728-1812) | Dumbarton Castle looking down the River Clyde |
circa 1770-82 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 19 | Goudt Hendrik (1585-1630); Elsheimer Adam (1578-1610) | The Flight into Egypt |
1613 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 | |
| 20 | Seupel Johann Adam (1662-1717) | A Comet above Strasbourg at Night |
circa 1682 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 31,750.00 | |
| 21 | Van de Velde Jan II (1593-1641) | The Sorceress |
1626 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 4,445.00 | |
| 22 | Duvet Jean (1485-1570) | The Angel of God locking up Satan |
circa 1546-55 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 23 | Matham Jacob (1571-1631); Spranger Bartholomeus (1546-1611) | The Vestal Virgin Tuccia proving her Innocence |
1608 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 | |
| 24 | Bellange Jacques (1575-1616) | The Annunciation |
circa 1613-16 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,255.00 | |
| 25 | Callot Jacques (1592-1635) | La tentation de Saint Antoine |
1634 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 33,020.00 |
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