Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗Schmetterlinge, Circa 1675
Drawing (ink) · Paper
Kornfeld · Sep 12, 2024CHF 26,000 ≈ $30,425 ≈ £23,327 ≈ €27,619Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
The Monkey Barber
Ferdinand van Kessel the Elder (Flemish, 1648–1696)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €12,000 – €14,000 (≈ $13,463 – $15,707) (≈ £9,241 – £10,781)
Offered at Lempertz and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on canvas (relined)”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 25 x 34 cm
- Auction house
- Lempertz
- Sale
- Auction 1067 Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture (1067-1)
- Date
- May 21, 2016
- Location
- 21.05.2016 11:00, Cologne
- Lot
- 1322
- Estimate
- €12,000 – €14,000 (≈ $13,463 – $15,707) (≈ £9,241 – £10,781)
- Source
- Auction house lempertz.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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