Old Master and 19th Century European Art, Including Works from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II
Updated October 22, 2026
| Date | November 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Freeman's |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, 10065 · more auctions in Chicago |
| Lots | 161 |
| Estimates | $1,500 – $80,000 |
What's in this auction
161 lots, mostly jewelry & watches (2), antiques & furniture (1), vehicles & automotive (1), pottery, china & glass (1). 161 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $1,500–$80,000 across 161 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 10, 2026.
Highest-estimated lots
- Johann Liss (German, 1595-1631) Lute Player — est. $60,000–$80,000
- Dosso Dossi (Italian, born c. 1486-1542) Portrait of a Man in a Black Beretta — est. $60,000–$80,000
- Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Dutch, 1596-1656) Figures Working by Farm Cottages, 1630 — est. $40,000–$60,000
- After Alfred Gilbert (British, 1854-1934) Eros — est. $40,000–$60,000
- Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, 1617-1681) The Philosopher Heraclitus — est. $30,000–$50,000
From the auction house
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In this auction (161 lots)
Categories: Jewelry & Watches (2) · Antiques & Furniture (1) · Vehicles & Automotive (1) · Pottery, China & Glass (1) · Sports & Trading Cards (1)
- Lot 1 — French School, 15th Century Pieta
- Lot 2 — French School, 17th Century Salvator Mundi
- Lot 3 — Mannerist painter of the French school, second half of the 16th century The Forge of the Volcano, 1574
- Lot 4 — French School, late 16th/early 17th century Dream of Raphael: Allegory of Life
- Lot 5 — Master of the Little Cologne Passion (German, 15th Century) Christ on the Cross (The Crucifixion)
- Lot 6 — Netherlandish School, 15th century Salvator Mundi
- Lot 7 — Girolamo da Cremona (Italian, died 1483) The Crucifixion
- Lot 8 — Tuscan School, 14th century Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Paul the Hermit
- Lot 9 — Manner of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640) Study of an Old Man in Profile, 17th century
- Lot 10 — Follower of Marcellus Coffermans (Flemish, 1549-1578) The Madonna and Child with an Angel Offering Grapes
- Lot 11 — Attributed to Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678) The Head of a Saint, a Study
- Lot 12 — Northern European School, 16th Century Christ on the Road to Calvary
- Lot 13 — After Marinus van Reymerswaele (Dutch, c. 1490- c. 1567) The Money Lenders
- Lot 14 — Follower of Pieter Jansz Pourbus (Flemish, c. 1523-1584) Portrait of an Old Lady, 1538
- Lot 15 — School of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) The Ghost of Samuel Appearing to King Saul, c. 1650
- Lot 16 — School of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) The Crucifixion of St. Andrew, c. 1630
- Lot 17 — Circle of Adriaen Hanneman (Dutch, 1601-1671) Young Man in Interior, with the Virgin, Christ Child, and Saint Peter in the Distance
- Lot 18 — After the studio of Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590-1656) Probably Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
- Lot 19 — Jan Verkolje the Elder (Dutch, 1650-1693) Portrait of a Ship Owner Seated in his Office
- Lot 20 — Circle of Adriaen Brouwer (Flemish, born c. 1605-1638) Caricature of a Man in Profile
- Lot 21 — Circle of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) The Sacrifice of Isaac
- Lot 22 — School of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) Head of an Old Woman Wearing a Turban
- Lot 23 — Attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, born c. 1525-1569) Betagter Bauer
- Lot 24 — School of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) The Head of Saint John the Baptist Carried on a Plate to Herod
- Lot 25 — Circle of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) Oriental Figure on Horseback
- Lot 26 — Circle of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) The Satyr and the Peasants
- Lot 27 — Circle of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) Tobias Curing the Blindness of Tobit
- Lot 28 — Circle of Paul Bril (Flemish, 1554-1626) Paysage Fluvial, une Église sur les Hauteurs
- Lot 29 — Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dutch, 1627-1678) The Flight of Absalom (After Rembrandt)
- Lot 30 — Netherlandish School, 16th Century Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph in the Workshop
- Lot 31 — Spanish School (Castile), 15th century Three Miniatures from an Illuminated Book of Hours: The Annunciation, King David, and The Flight into Egypt
- Lot 32 — Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Dutch, 1617-1681) The Philosopher Heraclitus
- Lot 33 — Job Adriaensz Berckheyde (Dutch, 1630-1693) The Artist’s Studio, 1685
- Lot 34 — Circle of Adriaen Jansz van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685) Peasants Drinking and Smoking in an Inn
- Lot 35 — Workshop of Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590-1656) The Lamentation
- Lot 36 — Sebastien Bourdon (French, 1616-1671) Presenting the 'Bikkurim' (first fruits) at the Temple
- Lot 37 — Circle of Karel van Vogelaer (Dutch, 1653-1695) A Pair of Floral Still Lifes
- Lot 38 — Antwerp School, mid-17th century Still Life of Mixed Flowers
- Lot 39 — Follower of Melchoir d'Hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636-1695) A Peacock, Turkey, Chicken and Other Birds in an Ornamental Garden
- Lot 40 — Johann Liss (German, 1595-1631) Lute Player
- Lot 41 — Follower of Johannes Van Der Bent (Dutch, 1650-1690) Landscape with Shepherds and a Shepherdess
- Lot 42 — Circle of Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636-1672) Samson and Delilah
- Lot 43 — Johannes Natus (Dutch, active 1658-1662) A Tavern Scene with Peasants Smoking and Drinking, 1661
- Lot 44 — Jan Wijnants (Dutch, born c. 1635-1684) Dune Landscape with Travelers on a Path
- Lot 45 — Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Dutch, 1596-1656) Figures Working by Farm Cottages, 1630
- Lot 46 — Follower of Jacob Salomonsz van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1630-1681) Pastoral Landscape with Waterfall
- Lot 47 — Jan De Bray (Dutch, born c. 1627-1697) Mercury and Aglauros at the door of Herse's Chamber, 1658
- Lot 48 — Circle of Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582-1666) Portrait of a Lady, Three Quarter Length with a Hood and Ruff
- Lot 104 — Petrus van Schendel (Dutch, 1806-1870) Night Market, 1852
- Lot 157 — After Alfred Gilbert (British, 1854-1934) Eros
- Lot 49 — Pieter van Bloemen (Flemish, 1657-1720) Driving the Herd
- Lot 50 — Pieter Fransz de Grebber (Dutch, 1600-1652) Christ and the Samaritan Woman
- Lot 51 — Jan Frans van Bloemen (Flemish, 1662-1749) Figures in an Italianate Landscape, c. 1725
- Lot 52 — Pieter Mulier the Elder (Dutch, 1615-1670) Dutch Fishing and Trade Vessels in Choppy Waters, A Town Beyond
- Lot 53 — Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos (Dutch, 1604-1663) River Landscape with a Fortified Town, 1648
- Lot 54 — Jan van der Heyden | Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1737-1712) | (Dutch, 1636-1672) A River Landscape with a Fortified Castle and a Bridge
- Lot 55 — Circle of Jacopo Bassano (Italian, c. 1510-1592) Saint Jerome
- Lot 56 — Manner of Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667-1749) Interior Scene of Barracks with Soldiers
- Lot 57 — Circle of Lavinia Fontana (Italian, 1552-1614) Portrait of a Lady
- Lot 58 — Follower of Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519) Leda and the Swan, 18th century
- Lot 59 — Follower of Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642) The Martrydom of St. Sebastian
- Lot 60 — Emilian School, 17th Century Presentation in the Temple
- Lot 61 — Attributed to Marc Antonio Rizzi (Italian, 1648-1723) Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
- Lot 62 — Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (Italian, 1606-1680) Classical Landscape with Philosophers by a Pool
- Lot 63 — Attributed to Pietro Bellotti (Italian, 1627-1700) The Fate Lachesis
- Lot 64 — Dosso Dossi (Italian, born c. 1486-1542) Portrait of a Man in a Black Beretta
- Lot 65 — Circle of Edigio Maria Bordoni (Italian, 1695-1723) Trompe l’Oeil
- Lot 66 — Venetian School, late 19th Century The Church of San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, with elegant figures promenading
- Lot 67 — Circle of Luca Giordano (Italian, 1632-1705) Venus Punishing Psyche with a Task, and Pysche's Parents Offering a Sacrifice to Apollo (a pair)
- Lot 68 — Italian School, 17th century Portrait of a Lady said to be Tomassina Balbi, aged 84, Three-Quarter-Length, in a Headdress and Grey Dress, Standing by a Red Chai
- Lot 69 — Dirck Van Delen (Dutch, 1605-1671) Portico of a Palace, 1647
- Lot 70 — Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, born c. 1692-1765) Interior of San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Rome
- Lot 71 — Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (Italian, 1762-1844) Capriccio with a Triumphal Arch
- Lot 72 — French School, late 18th century Allegory with Atlas Holding up the World
- Lot 73 — After Jean Francois Troy (French, 1679-1752) The Triumph of Mordecai
- Lot 74 — Pieter Johannes van Reyschoot (Belgian, 1702-1772) Embarkation to the Island of Cythera
- Lot 75 — Manner of Christophe Huet (French, 1700-1759) Cranes in a Marshy Landscape
- Lot 76 — French School, late 18th century A Seated Male Nude
- Lot 77 — Pauline Auzou (French, 1775-1835) A Seated Female Nude
- Lot 78 — Attributed to Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741-1807) Portrait of a Young Girl, Bust Length
- Lot 79 — Joseph Coomans (Belgian, 1816-1889) Young Beauty with Jewelry, 1872
- Lot 80 — Etienne Adolphe Piot (French, 1831-1910) Woman with Roses
- Lot 81 — Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (French, 1839-1929) Cavalier, c. 1890
- Lot 82 — Eduard Ansen-Hoffmann (Austrian, 1820-1904) Nude in Public Bath
- Lot 83 — Eduard Ansen-Hofmann (Austrian, 1820-1904) Diana
- Lot 84 — Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879) Portrait of a Young Girl, 1851
- Lot 85 — Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder (Austrian, 1751-1830) A Portrait of Emperor Francis I (II) of Austria
- Lot 86 — Daniel Hernández Morillo (Peruvian, 1856-1932) The Concert, 1900
- Lot 87 — François Brunery (Italian, 1849-1926) Feeding the Birds, c. 1890
- Lot 88 — Walter MacEwen (American, 1860-1943) L'Attente
- Lot 89 — Eduard Ansen-Hoffman (German, 1820-1904) A Satyr and Two Bacchantes
- Lot 90 — Clemente Pujol de Guastavino (Spanish, 1850-1905) A Courting Couple
- Lot 91 — Clemente Pujol de Guastavino (Spanish, 1850-1905) Reading the Letter
- Lot 92 — Louis-Charles Verwée (French, 1832-1882) Une Dame et Son Petit Chien
- Lot 93 — Emile Georges Weiss (French, 1861-1929) The Serenade
- Lot 94 — Emile Georges Weiss (French, 1861-1929) The Introduction, 1888
- Lot 95 — Emil Rau (German, 1858-1937) Sunday Afternoon Flirtation
- Lot 96 — Emil Rau (German, 1858-1937) Traveler
- Lot 97 — Eduard von Grützner (German, 1846-1925) A Captive Audience
- Lot 98 — Josefine Osnaghi (Austrian, 1861-1939) Tabletop Still Lifes
- Lot 99 — Eugene Feyen (French, 1826-1895) A Group of Five Works
- Lot 100 — François Brunery (Italian, 1849-1926) Venetian Canal
- Lot 101 — Martin Rico y Ortega (Spanish, 1833-1908) Venetian Canal, c. 1885
- Lot 102 — Willem Koekkoek (Dutch, 1839-1895) Dutch Street in Winter
- Lot 103 — Willem Koekkoek (Dutch, 1839-1895) Dutch Town Scene with Street Vendor
- Lot 105 — Cornelis Springer (Dutch, 1817-1891) Figures Outside Church, Amsterdam, 1846
- Lot 106 — Cornelis Springer (Dutch, 1817-1891) A View of the Town of Woerden, 1857
- Lot 107 — Cornelis Springer (Dutch, 1817-1891) Street Scene, Amsterdam, 1865
- Lot 108 — Pieter Christian Dommersen (Dutch, 1842-1928) Rotterdam, 1884
- Lot 109 — Jan Jacob Coenraad Spohler (Dutch, 1837-1923) Snowscape
- Lot 110 — Russian School, 19th century The Great Balloon Exhibition in Saint Petersburg
- Lot 111 — Louis Gabriel Bourbon-Leblanc (French, 1813-1902) Portrait of a Gentleman, 1840
- Lot 112 — Jan van Chelminski (Polish, 1851-1925) Horsemen in Winter?
- Lot 113 — Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) Effet de Soir
- Lot 114 — Edouard Girardet (French, 1819-1880) Sleeping Boy and Monkey
- Lot 115 — Constant Troyon (French, 1810-1865) Le Moulin à Eau en Normandie
- Lot 116 — Georges Michel (French, 1763-1843) Landscape with Miller and Approaching Storm
- Lot 117 — Eugénie Alexandrine Marie Salanson (French, 1836-1912) The Fisher Girl, 1894
- Lot 118 — Charles Émile Jacque (French, 1813-1894) Barn Interior with Sheep and Chickens
- Lot 119 — Stanislas Lépine (French, 1835-1892) Figures by a Woodland Stream
- Lot 120 — Adrien de Boucherville (French, 1829-1883) Garden Scene, 1876
- Lot 121 — Ettore Forti (Italian, 1850-1940) The Jewelry Store
- Lot 122 — Eugenio Zampighi (Italian, 1859-1944) Companionable Music
- Lot 123 — Ettore Simonetti (Italian, 1857-1909) The Tryst, 1881
- Lot 124 — Ettore Forti (Italian, 1850-1940) Chariot Race In Ancient Rome With Triumphal Arch
- Lot 125 — Giuseppe Magni (Italian, 1869-1956) The Happy Family
- Lot 126 — Ettore Forti (Italian, 1850-1940) The Seller of Vases
- Lot 127 — Ettore Forti (Italian, 1850-1940) Chariot Races
- Lot 128 — Ettore Forti (Italian, 1850-1940) The Litter
- Lot 129 — Ettore Forti (Italian, 1850-1940) In the Art Store
- Lot 130 — Henriette Ronner-Knip (Dutch, 1821-1909) Off to the Races
- Lot 131 — Josep Tapiró i Baró (Spanish, 1836-1913) Untitled (Feeding the Chickens)
- Lot 132 — Cesare Auguste Detti (Italian, 1847-1914) Carnival Scene, 1870
- Lot 133 — Thomas Girtin (British, 1775-1802) A Distant View of Corfe Castle, 1795-1796
- Lot 134 — Félix Ziem (French, 1821-1911) Street in North Africa
- Lot 135 — Hugues Merle (French, 1822-1881) Les Orphelines, 1858
- Lot 136 — Jean-François Portaëls (Belgian, 1818-1895) Saint Cecilia, 1860
- Lot 137 — Lucius Rossi (Italian, 1846-1913) Les Belles Pêcheresses
- Lot 138 — Federico Bartolini (Italian, 1861-1908) Market Scene in North Africa
- Lot 139 — Gustave Calixte Reynier (French, 1885-1955) Orientalist Scene
- Lot 140 — Carl Frederick Sørensen (Danish, 1818-1879) The Bay of Naples, 1866
- Lot 141 — Circle of John Opie (British, 1761-1807) Family Portrait
- Lot 142 — Follower of Alexander Nasmyth (Scottish, 1758-1840) Travellers on a Roadside by a River, a Figure in a Punt in the Foreground
- Lot 143 — Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756-1823) Portrait of Sir William Murray, 5th Baronet of Ochtertyre (1746-1800), 1790-1795
- Lot 144 — Andrew McCallum (British, 1821-1902) Sailboats in the Bay and a Rowboat Taxiing Figures to an Anchored Boat, 1890
- Lot 145 — Attributed to Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830) Lady Georgina Grey, c. 1815-20
- Lot 146 — James Ward (British, 1769-1859) Portrait of a Milkmaid in a Barn, 1831
- Lot 147 — Frank William Warwick Topham, Jr. (British, 1838-1924) Recruiting for Savonarola (Ye Cannot Serve God Man and Mammon), 1886
- Lot 148 — Attributed to Richard Ansdell (British, 1815-1885) The Forester's Family (after Sir Edwin Henry Landseer)
- Lot 149 — Thomas Brooks (British, 1818-1891) A Young Boy with his Pet Rabbits and Dog, 1843
- … and 11 more lots
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