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Oil · Canvas
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The Apprehended Thief
Benjamin Vautier (Swiss, 1829–1898)
€9,300 price realized incl. premium
≈ $10,290≈ £7,322
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right: B
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 84 x 115 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 1064 15th - 19th Century Paintings (1064-1)
- Date
- March 16, 2016
- Location
- 16.03.2016 14:30, Cologne
- Lot
- 148
- Estimate
- €8,000 – €10,000 (≈ $8,851 – $11,064) (≈ £6,298 – £7,873)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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