The enamel with some light surface scratches and a minor shallow chip (not reaching to the underlying metal) at the border of the aperture at 5 o'clock. No visible restoration to enamel under UV light. One seed pearl missing. The silver frame and strut with rubbing to gilding and surface scratches. The wood back is old but likely a replacement for an original ivory back.

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Auction: Old Master Paintings / Russian Art / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, Oct 15, 2025

• Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on October 15, 2025

• New World Auction Records for Stéphane Baron and Camille Wauters

• Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Old Master and 19th-century Paintings and Drawings on October 15, 2025. The auction presented works from the 16th through the early 20th centuries, including portraits, still lifes, and landscapes, along with mythological, historical, and allegorical subjects. A surprising high point was reached by A Young Courtesan, by the rare French allegorical and literary painter Stéphane Baron (1830-1921), which soared above its pre-sale estimate of $2,000-4,000 to achieve $41,600 — a World Auction Record for the artist. Once sold as a modern evocation of the Biblical story of Susanna and the Elders, the painting’s more straightforward interpretation clearly sparked a rush of fascination.

Another surprise was the enthusiastic bidding on a View of Aswan, Egypt, 1890, an imposing orientalist painting by the Belgian landscapist Camille Wauters (1856-1919). A monumental architectural work enlivened with vivid color, this painting also attracted considerable interest, which carried it to a result well above its pre-sale estimate of $3,000-6,000 to $28,800 — a World Auction Record for this artist, as well.

Highlighting the old master drawings on offer was a rare, newly discovered landscape in black chalk and gray wash by the great 17th-century Dutch master Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682), best known for his extensive landscapes of the Netherlands and Scandinavia. The drawing, River Landscape with Figures beside a House with a Tower, was sold to a distinguished client in Paris for $32,000, an unusually high price for a 17th century work on paper. The property of a New York estate, it had remained in private hands for more than 60 years, and until this sale was unknown to scholars in the field of 17th-century Dutch art.

Additional Categories in the Sale
Special sections of the sale also showcased English & Continental Silver and Russian Works of Art on Oct. 15 and English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts on Oct 16.

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