Auction recap / Bonhams
Bonhams Old Master Paintings Auction Realizes £340,124
A portrait of François Ferdinand Philippe of Orleans led the London sale, which closed with a 58.5% sell-through rate.
Auction highlights
Estimate£3–5KSold£63,900
Estimate£3–5KSold£17,920
Estimate£4–6KSold£14,080
Manner of Luca Carlevarijs, 20th Century The Piazza San Marco, Venice framed: 73 x 108cm
Estimate£6–8KSold£11,520
Flemish School, 17th Century Study of the head of a bearded man framed: 60.2 x 46.6cm
Estimate£1–2KSold£10,880
Estimate£6–8KSold£10,240
Estimate£2–3KSold£8,960
Estimate£6–8KSold£8,960
Estimate£6–8KSold—
Estimate£7–10KSold£7,680
Estimate£2–3KSold£7,680
Estimate£1.5–2KSold£7,680
Estimate track marks the pre-sale range; the tick marks the sold price. Lot photography: Courtesy Bonhams.
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In a sale that closed on 24 September 2026, Bonhams presented its Old Master Paintings auction, which realized a total of £340,124[1]. The auction house successfully found buyers for 72 of 123 lots, establishing a sell-through rate of 58.5%[1] for the session.
The leading lot of the sale was a portrait by Louise Rose Julie Duvidal De Montferrier depicting François Ferdinand Philippe of Orleans as a boy. The oil on canvas work, which features the young subject carrying a sword over his shoulder, was consigned from a private collection in the United Kingdom. The reverse of the canvas is inscribed and dated with the subject's birth date of 14 August 1818 in Neuilly. Another notable portrait in the sale, depicting a lady in a white and gold brocaded dress embellished with pearls, was executed by a follower of François Clouet and also came from a private collection in the United Kingdom.
Auction highlights
Sale file- Louise Rose Julie Duvidal De Montferrier (Paris 1797-1869) Portrait of François Ferdinand Philippe of Orleans, as a boy, half-length, carrying a sword over his shoulder framed: 73 x 65cm | estimate £3,000[2] to £5,000 | sold for[2] £63,900
- Follower of François Clouet (Tours 1522-1572 Paris) Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in white and gold brocaded dress and headdress embellished with pearls framed: 48.5 x 36cm | estimate £3,000 to[3] £5,000 | sold for £17,920[3]
- Florentine School, 19th Century A Triptych: the Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony of Egypt and a male saint central panel: 64 x 28cm. (25 1/4 x 11in.), each wing 49 x 14.6cm. (19 1/4 x 5 3/4in.), overall 63.5 x 54.2cm. (25 x 21 1/4in.) | estimate £4,000[4] to £6,000 | sold[4] for £14,080
- Manner of Luca Carlevarijs, 20th Century The Piazza San Marco, Venice framed: 73 x 108cm | estimate £6,000[5] to £8,000 | sold[5] for £11,520
- Flemish School, 17th Century Study of the head of a bearded man framed: 60.2 x 46.6cm | estimate £1,000[6] to £2,000 | sold[6] for £10,880
- Attributed to Pieter Casteels III (Antwerp 1684-1749 Richmond) A white pheasant with a white hen and other birds in a park landscape framed: 136 x 130cm | estimate £6,000 to £8,000 | sold for £10,240[7][7][7]
- Barbara Regina Dietzsch (Nuremberg 1706-1783) A still life of roses with a beetle and a butterfly framed: 37.5 x 32.6cm | estimate £2,000[8] to £3,000 | sold[8] for £8,960
- Circle of Pieter Casteels III (Antwerp 1684-1749 Richmond) A white pheasant with hens and other birds in a park landscape framed: 123 x 139cm | estimate £6,000 to £8,000 | sold for £8,960[9][9][9][8]
The sale also featured religious and topographical works. A nineteenth-century Florentine School triptych depicting the Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony of Egypt and a male saint was offered as an oil on gold ground panel with an integrated frame. Additionally, a twentieth-century depiction of the Piazza San Marco in Venice, painted in the manner of Luca Carlevarijs, was sold after having been held in the family of its present owner for approximately 40 years.
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