Christies London

1 July 2025 Old Masters, 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from a Private Collection: Selling without Reserve


Works in the auction

1
Circle of Hieronymus Bosch
The Harrowing of Hell

2
Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens
Three head studies of a bearded man

3
Willem Adriaensz. Key
Portrait of Margret Halseber of Basel, also known as 'The Lady with the two beards', bust-length

4
Jan Davidsz. de Heem
A pie on a pewter plate

5
Frans Hals
Portrait of Johannes Hoornbeeck (1617-1666), half-length, in black dress, holding a book


6
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
The Birdtrap

7
John Constable
Cloud Study. possibly over Harnham Ridge

8
Canaletto
Venice. the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day

9
Matthias Stom
Head of a young man

10
Jan Brueghel the Elder
A mountainous wooded landscape with hermits and a mass being held at a shrine


11
Jacob Jordaens
Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in a cap

12
Jan van Huysum
Roses and other flowers in a terracotta vase with a bird’s nest on a marble ledge;

12
Jan van Huysum
Fruit, roses and peonies in a basket with hazelnuts on a marble ledge

13
Bruges school
The Virgin and Child with a parrot

14
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Visit to the Farm


15
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

16
El Greco
Christ taking leave of His Mother

17
Gerard Dou
A cottage interior with an old woman ('Rembrandt's Mother') delousing a boy's hair

18
Adriaen van Ostade
A hurdy-gurdy player with a young violinist and four other children in a doorway

19
Bernardo Bellotto
The Fishermen’s Village at Pirna


20
Peder Balke
From the North Cape

21
Vilhelm Hammershøi
Self-portrait

22
Michele Pace del Campidoglio
A hound in a landscape

23
George Stubbs
A prancing horse with two dogs, in a landscape

24
Michele Marieschi
Venice: The Grand Canal with the Church of San Stae, with gilded gondolas in the foreground


25
Palma Vecchio
Portrait of a Lady, bust-length, in a white shirt and red dress, holding a piece of fruit

27
Mattia Preti
Samuel anointing David

28
Attributed to Michaelina Woutiers
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black cloak

29
Pieter Verelst
Head of a boy

30
Balthasar van der Ast
Irises, roses, fritillaries and forget-me-nots in a Wanli vase with two shells and a beetle on a ledge


31
Titian
Portrait of a nobleman, seated before a window

32
Taddeo Gaddi
Saint Matthew - pinnacle to the San Giovanni Fuorcivitas Polyptych

33
Cornelis Janson van Ceulen
Portrait of King Charles I (1600-1649), bust-length, in a painted oval

34
Jan Brueghel the Younger
Roses, parrot tulips, narcissi, a lily, a delphinium, borage, moss roses, forget-me-nots, viola and other flowers in a pewter vase, with a strawberry sprig and a fly on a wooden ledge

35
Bartholomeus van der Helst
Portrait of David Rijckaert


36
Cornelis Janson van Ceulen
Portrait of Johannes Rijckaert (1609-1679), half-length, holding a pair of gloves

37
Attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder
Charity

39
Paolo Veronese
Saint Anthony Abbot

41
George Stubbs
A dun hunter on the south bank of the River Humber, Lincolnshire

42
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Lake Brienz, with the setting Moon