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Department 01

Old Master Paintings

Painting and drawing from the fifteenth century to the close of the eighteenth. The department catalogues under the disciplines of connoisseurship: an attribution is stated at the strength the evidence bears, and no higher.

A darkened Old Master portrait in a black and gilt frame, photographed on a paper plate.

The specialist

Margaret Sowerby

Head of Department

(212) 555-0191 oldmasters@hammerandco.example

Lots catalogued: 7 lots
Currently open: 4 lots
Next sale: HC-2601 · September 1, 2026

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Every old master paintings lot in the catalogue

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A half-length Old Master portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet with a white lace collar, in a black and gilt frame, photographed on a warm paper plate.

Portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet

Italian School, Bolognese, second quarter of the 17th century

Oil on canvas, laid down on panel

Estimate: $18,000 – 26,000
Current bid: $21,000 14 bids

Closes in 1 day 8h

An antique oil landscape of a river valley at dusk in a carved gilt frame, photographed upright on a warm paper plate.

A river valley at dusk, with a herdsman on the near bank

Circle of the Master of the Vallombrosa Landscape, Northern Italian, late 18th century

Oil on canvas

Estimate: $4,000 – 6,000
Current bid: $4,750 22 bids

Closes in 1 day 8h

A dark Flemish still life of fruit, a silver tazza and drapery in a moulded gilt frame, photographed on a warm paper plate.

Still life with fruit, a silver tazza and drapery

Flemish School, Antwerp, third quarter of the 17th century

Oil on canvas

Estimate: $120,000 – 180,000
Current bid: $145,000 31 bids

Closes in 23m 5s

A weathered marble head of a youth on a steel display mount, photographed on a warm paper plate.

A marble head of a youth

After the Antique, Italian, 18th century, after a Hellenistic prototype

Carrara marble, on a later steel mount

Estimate: $9,000 – 14,000
Result: Did not meet reserve

Passed · HC-2601

A patinated bronze figure of a dancer on a marble socle, photographed on a warm paper plate.

A patinated bronze figure of a dancer

Continental School, Probably French, circa 1890

Patinated bronze, on a rectangular marble socle

Estimate: $7,000 – 10,000
Current bid: $8,500 11 bids

Closes in 37m 5s

A withdrawn lot. The plate is retained for the record.

Lot 74 Withdrawn

A devotional panel, subject undetermined

Italian School, 16th century

Oil on panel

Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000
Result: Withdrawn before the sale

Withdrawn · HC-2601

A nineteenth-century bronze bust after the Antique on a marble socle.

A bronze bust after the Antique

Italian, 19th century

Bronze with a dark patina, on a marble socle

Estimate: $5,000 – 8,000
Hammer: $7,000

Sold · HC-2544

Settled

What this department has sold

Results in this department
Lot	Description	Estimate	Result	Date
HC-2544 · 58	A bronze bust after the Antique Italian	$5,000 – 8,000	$7,000	August 13, 2026

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