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Deux bustes d'empereurs formant paire
Price realised EUR 15,120
Estimate
EUR 3,000 – EUR 5,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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D'APRÈS L'ANTIQUE, ITALIE, FIN DU XVIIIe SIÈCLEClosed: 18 May 2022
Deux bustes d'empereurs formant paire
Price realised EUR 15,120
Price realised EUR 15,120
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Lot 238
D'APRÈS L'ANTIQUE, FIN DU XVIIIe OU DÉBUT DU XIXe SIÈCLE
PORTRAIT ÉQUESTRE DE L'EMPEREUR MARC AURÈLE
EstimateEUR 7,000 – EUR 10,000
Price realisedEUR 8,820
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Lot 239
FRANCE OU ITALIE, XIXe SIÈCLE
TÊTE DE FEMME À L'ANTIQUE
EstimateEUR 3,000 – EUR 5,000
Price realisedEUR 16,380
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Lot 240
FIN DU XVIIIe OU DÉBUT DU XIXe SIÈCLE
TÊTE MASCULINE DE MANNEQUIN
EstimateEUR 3,000 – EUR 5,000
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Lot 241
EstimateEUR 40,000 – EUR 60,000
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Lot 242
JEAN-LOUIS ANDRÉ THÉODORE GERICAULT (ROUEN 1791-1824 PARIS)
Lancier du 1er régiment de chevau-légers-lanciers de la Garde, dits polonais
EstimateEUR 80,000 – EUR 100,000
Price realisedEUR 176,400
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Lot 243
FRANCE, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XIXe SIÈCLE
DOUBLE PORTRAIT DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON III ET DE L'IMPÉRATRICE EUGÉNIE
EstimateEUR 3,000 – EUR 5,000
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Lot 244
EstimateEUR 5,000 – EUR 8,000
Price realisedEUR 6,300
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Lot 245
FRANCE, XIXe SIÈCLE
LA MORT DE L'ÉLÈVE DANS LES BRAS DE SON MAÎTRE, D'APRÈS LA BALLADE DE LUDWIG UHLAND (1787-1862)
EstimateEUR 5,000 – EUR 7,000
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Lot 246
EUGÈNE-FRANÇOIS DE BLOCK (GRAMONT 1812-1893 ANVERS)
Portrait de trois-quarts de Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882)
EstimateEUR 15,000 – EUR 25,000
Price realisedEUR 15,120
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Lot 247
CHARLES FRANCIS FULLER (1830-1875)
LE NAUFRAGÉ
EstimateEUR 40,000 – EUR 60,000
Price realisedEUR 88,200
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Lot 249
VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT (PARIS 1847-1933)
Le pavillon de la Marée aux Halles-Centrales de Paris
EstimateEUR 20,000 – EUR 30,000
Price realisedEUR 75,600