L26402 Old Master Paintings

Old Masters, Antiquities & Arms

European painting before 1800 alongside a distinguished group of sixteenth-century armour.

Sale date 27 Sep 2026

Begins 10.30am BST

Saleroom London, Cork Street

Lots 7

Public viewing

Wednesday 10 — 5
Thursday 10 — 5
Friday 10 — 5

A cross-departmental sale in which pictures, sculpture and armour are catalogued together, as they were collected. The armour has been examined by an independent armourer and the report accompanies the lot.

A The hang

The sale, on the wall.

Shown at the works' own relative proportions under gallery lighting. Drag to look around.

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B Lots

The catalogue.

18 Lot

Winslow Homer American, 1836–1910

The Herring Net

1885 · Oil on canvas

76.5 × 122.9 cm (30 1/8 × 48 3/8 in.)

Estimate £5,000,000 – 7,000,000

American Art

19 Lot

Walter Shirlaw American, 1838–1909

Self-Portrait

1878 · Oil on canvas

70.2 × 53.4 cm (27 5/8 × 21 in.)

Estimate £60,000 – 90,000

American Art

21 Lot

Spanish

Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin

1396 · Tempera and gold on panel

Retable: 257 × 669.9 cm (99 3/4 × 263 3/4 in.); Frontal: 116.3 × 290.9 cm (45 3/4 × 114 1/2 in.)

Estimate £1,800,000 – 2,600,000

Old Master Paintings

24 Lot

Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614

The Assumption of the Virgin

1577–79 · Oil on canvas

403.2 × 211.8 cm (158 3/4 × 83 7/16 in.); Framed: 461.6 × 256.5 × 14 cm (181 3/4 × 101 × 5 9/16 in.)

Estimate £8,000,000 – 12,000,000

Old Master Paintings

27 Lot

Adriaen van der Spelt Dutch, 1630–1673

Trompe-l’Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain

1658 · Oil on panel

46.5 × 63.9 cm (18 1/4 × 25 1/8 in.); Framed: 69.2 × 86.7 × 8.3 cm (27 1/4 × 34 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

Estimate £2,400,000 – 3,500,000

Old Master Paintings

31 Lot

Hubert Robert French, 1733-1808

The Old Temple

1787/88 · Oil on canvas

255 × 223.2 cm (100 3/8 × 87 7/8 in.); Framed: 265.5 × 233.4 cm (104 1/2 × 91 7/8 in.)

Estimate £400,000 – 600,000

Old Master Paintings

44 Lot

Northern Italian, Milan

Garniture for Field and Foot Tourney at the Barriers

c. 1575 · Steel with gilding, brass, leather, velvet weave, and lace

H. 96.5 cm (38 in.) Wt: 38 lb. 13 oz.

Estimate £1,200,000 – 1,800,000

Arms & Armour