Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Evening Auction Could Realize $41.16m

3 min read · 23 Jun 2026

'Let The Little Children Come Unto Me' by Rembrandt estimated at $10.57m (low) to $15.85m (high). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Scene in Braemar – Highland Deer by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer estimated at $3.96m (low) to $5.28m (high). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

The Virgin Mary Nursing the Christ Child by Hans Memling estimated at $3.96m (low) to $5.28m (high). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Village scene with peasants carousing and dancing around a maypole by Pieter Brueghel the Younger estimated at $3.3m (low) to $4.62m (high). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

The Virgin and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist by Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli, and Associate estimated at $2.64m (low) to $3.96m (high). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

'Let The Little Children Come Unto Me' by Rembrandt estimated at $10.57m (low) to $15.85m (high). Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Rembrandt 'Let The Little Children Come Unto Me' (Undated) is the highest-value lot announced by Sotheby's in its 'Old Master & 19th Century Paintings and Sculpture Evening Auction' in London on July 1.

Pre-sale low estimates total $41.16m (GBP31.16m).

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47 works are for sale.
Estimates total: $41.16m (low) and $59.6m (high), excluding premiums.
0 lots have undisclosed estimates.

The highest-value lot announced is: Rembrandt, 'Let The Little Children Come Unto Me' (Undated), which is estimated to sell for between $10.57m and $15.85m. The work is backed by a guarantee. It has been traded 6 times in the past.

Guaranteed lots

4 works are backed by guarantees, including: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Scene in Braemar – Highland Deer (Undated). It is estimated to sell for between $3.96m and $5.28m. It has been traded 10 times in the past.

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Estimates and totals are converted into US dollars.

Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.

All figures are accurate at time of publication.

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