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French School, Circa 1900

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373results on record
81%sell-through
$1,179median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$101,600record in our coverage

Drawn from 373 recorded results (354 sold · 19 passed) across 4 auction houses, 1998–2026. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale

$19K$38K$58K1998: $788 median, 34 sold1999: $632 median, 46 sold2000: $801 median, 39 sold2001: $1.3K median, 15 sold2002: $988 median, 20 sold2003: $833 median, 21 sold2004: $725 median, 24 sold2005: $620 median, 28 sold2006: $752 median, 9 sold2007: $842 median, 9 sold2008: $731 median, 2 sold2009: $2.4K median, 1 sold2010: $38K median, 1 sold2011: $4.1K median, 1 sold2012: $6.3K median, 2 sold2013: $5.6K median, 4 sold2014: $10K median, 3 sold2015: $8.8K median, 5 sold2016: $11K median, 5 sold2017: $5.7K median, 5 sold2018: $8.4K median, 6 sold2019: $5.5K median, 7 sold2020: $4.9K median, 15 sold2021: $4.3K median, 20 sold2022: $3.3K median, 3 sold2023: $4.4K median, 19 sold2024: $24K median, 4 sold2025: $71K median, 3 sold2026: $2.7K median, 3 sold19982005201220192026

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The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

$1.2K$45$102K

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
painting 70 100% $3,654
ceramics & design 65 100% $730
other 50 100% $607
works on paper 34 n/a $1,768
sculpture 4 n/a $853

Medium is recorded for 223 of 373 results (60%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with French School, 19th Century French School, Circa 1900 French School, 19th Century

$19K$38K$58K1998: $1.6K median1999: $987 median2000: $999 median2001: $854 median2002: $816 median2003: $849 median2004: $1.1K median2005: $1.1K median2006: $1.5K median2007: $2.4K median2008: $1.4K median2009: $1.2K median2010: $1.2K median2011: $4.8K median2012: $4.4K median2013: $4.1K median2014: $4.6K median2015: $2.4K median2016: $3.1K median2017: $3.8K median2018: $4.4K median2019: $4.2K median2020: $3.3K median2021: $4.7K median2022: $4.2K median2023: $2.4K median2024: $1.7K median2025: $2.4K median2026: $4.2K median1998: $788 median1999: $632 median2000: $801 median2001: $1.3K median2002: $988 median2003: $833 median2004: $725 median2005: $620 median2006: $752 median2007: $842 median2008: $731 median2009: $2.4K median2010: $38K median2011: $4.1K median2012: $6.3K median2013: $5.6K median2014: $10K median2015: $8.8K median2016: $11K median2017: $5.7K median2018: $8.4K median2019: $5.5K median2020: $4.9K median2021: $4.3K median2022: $3.3K median2023: $4.4K median2024: $24K median2025: $71K median2026: $2.7K median19982005201220192026
MetricFrench School, Circa 1900French School, 19th Century
Median result$1,179$1,656
Record price $101,600 $185,000
Results on record3731,386
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: French School, 19th CenturyItalian School, 17th CenturyDutch School, 18th CenturyEnglish School, 19th Century

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

72/ 100
  • Sell-through81%
  • Meets estimate47%
  • Market depth373 results

How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →

Where this artist sells best

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Christie's 265 100% $781 —
Sotheby's 97 83% $5,657 0.75×
Dorotheum 9 56% $11,559 —
Bonhams 2 50% $2,851 0.42×

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 373 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 19 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2003·12 A gentleman holding a portfolio and pen, seated before a globe, facing right in purple coat with pink facings, green coat and sky-blue waistcoat, open shirt and frilled cravat; seated in a green-upholstered gilt-wood chair with an open book and leather bound books before him $697–$1,046 Christie's
2003·10 A mother and her child $3,387–$5,080 Christie's
2003·10 French School, circa 1780 $501–$668 Christie's
2003·09 Exotic birds $1,885–$2,827 Christie's
2003·07 French School, circa 1800 $241–$322 Christie's
2003·07 French School, circa 1815 $241–$402 Christie's
2003·07 French School, circa 1800 $483–$644 Christie's
2003·07 French School, circa 1805 $322–$483 Christie's
2003·07 French School, circa 1805 $241–$402 Christie's
2003·06 Two miniatures of young ladies; one standing in a garden beside a trellis of honeysuckle, facing right in white silk dress with white fichu, white turban in her powdered curling hair; trees and sky background; and the other, seated at a table reading, a black and white dog seated on a yellow tasselled cushion before her, in ruffled red silk day-gown with lace underdress, gold pendant heart suspended from a black ribbon, white lace cap adorned with pink ribbon in her high-piled upswept hair; seated in a blue-upholstered gilt-wood chair, draped blue curtain and interior background $981–$1,307 Christie's
2003·06 A young lady, facing right in white dress, red cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder, falling embroidered white gauze veil from her dark curling hair $654–$981 Christie's
2003·06 A young lady seated on a green wooden bench with a multi-coloured red cashmere stole, facing left in white silk dress with black bodice and fichu, coral earrings, her dark hair dressed in curls, her left arm leaning on the arm of the bench and her right hand resting on an open musical score in her lap; foliate background with mountains beyond $1,634–$2,451 Christie's
2003·06 Emperor Napoleon I of France (1769-1821) when First Consul, facing right in red coat with gold embroidered borders and collar, white shirt and black stock $981–$1,307 Christie's
2003·05 French School, circa 1785 $322–$482 Christie's
2003·05 French School, circa 1790 $482–$804 Christie's
2003·05 French School, circa 1780 $322–$482 Christie's
2003·02 Roses, carnations and other flowers with grapes in a basket and peaches and plums on a ledge $1,915–$2,872 Christie's
2003·01 View of Taormina $15,000–$20,000 Christie's
2003·01 A lady reclining on a canapé $40,000–$60,000 Christie's
2002·12 A young lady, facing left in lace-bordered white silk dress, blue stole draped around her shoulders, gold and pearl-set tiara in her upswept and curled dark hair $1,576–$2,364 Christie's
2002·12 French School, circa 1790 $469–$625 Christie's
2002·12 French School, circa 1810 $469–$782 Christie's
2002·12 French School, circa 1810 $313–$469 Christie's
2002·11 Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a black dress trimmed in white lace and a feathered hat $953–$1,271 Christie's
2002·11 Roses and other flowers in a vase on a pedestal $3,982–$5,973 Christie's
2002·07 A village street in an Alpine landscape $3,091–$4,637 Christie's
2002·06 A mountainous landscape with figures crossing a bridge by a waterfall, in a storm oil on canvas $2,257–$3,761 Christie's
2002·06 Studies of sheep oil on canvas $2,214–$3,691 Christie's
2002·05 A young gentleman, facing right in grey coat, yellow waistcoat, red bordered white cravat, long powdered hair $584–$875 Christie's
2002·05 Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), King of Spain 1808-1811, full face in blue coat with white facings and gold buttons, gold epaulettes, black stock, wearing the breast star and badge of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour $875–$1,167 Christie's
2002·04 Mixed flowers in an urn with a bird's nest on a ledge $871–$1,161 Christie's
2002·04 French School, Circa 1780 $430–$574 Christie's
2002·03 French School, circa 1800 $286–$429 Christie's
2002·03 French School, circa 1815 $143–$286 Christie's
2002·03 French School, circa 1830 $214–$357 Christie's
2002·03 French School, circa 1785 $429–$571 Christie's
2002·02 Poultry feeding by a farm building $423–$704 Christie's
2002·01 A girl wearing a bonnet, looking at herself in a mirror with a chocolatière and a cup on the table $40,000–$60,000 Christie's
2002·01 The Fencers pencil and watercolor with gum arabic and with scratching out $1,766–$2,649 Christie's
2001·12 Saint Peter $8,701–$11,602 Christie's
2001·10 An allegorical figure of Peace; and An allegorical figure of Truth $1,019–$1,455 Christie's
2001·08 A nude warior oil on canvas $7,221–$11,554 Christie's
2001·07 A fountain set in a garden balustrade, a villa beyond $2,813–$4,220 Christie's
2001·06 A courting couple $423–$705 Christie's
2001·06 Ponies grazing in a woodland clearing $564–$846 Christie's
2001·06 A duck, ducklings, a cock and some chickens before a cottage $423–$705 Christie's
2001·05 Comte de Clermont (1709-1771) beside his plumed helmet, facing right in fur-bordered red velvet coat with gold embroidered buttonholes, gold-bordered silver breast plate, frilled cravat and black ribbon tied around neck, powdered wig en queue , wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost; landscape background $1,145–$1,717 Christie's
2001·05 An artist holding his portfolio and pen, facing left in pink-lined floral embroidered gold coat, blue trousers, white shirt and lace cravat, full bottomed powdered wig, standing beside a marble topped carved gilt-wood table with books beneath a blue and gold canopied drape with gold tassels on a balcony; fountain and landscape beyond $3,578–$5,009 Christie's
2001·05 A young lady, seated at a pianoforte, facing left in white dress with blue sash, yellow shawl draped around her shoulders, gold hoop earrings and gold filet in her upswept curling hair, holding a book of sonatas in her right hand and her left elbow resting on the pianoforte with a musical score; draped green curtain background $716–$1,002 Christie's
2001·05 A young gentleman, facing right in gilt-studded armour, gold-bordered red undercoat and frilled lace cravat, full bottomed powdered wig $859–$1,145 Christie's
2001·05 French School, circa 1785 $284–$425 Christie's
2001·05 French School, circa 1790 $284–$425 Christie's
2001·03 Monks standing on a wooded outcrop overlooking a rivervalley, a waterfall nearby $3,000–$5,000 Christie's
2001·03 French School, circa 1795 $435–$726 Christie's
2000·12 A Gothic archway with peasants unloading a boat in a river landscape $2,951–$4,427 Christie's
2000·12 Three fantastic birds: designs for chinoiserie; and a Study of a gnarled tree trunk $885–$1,181 Christie's
2000·12 Leda and the swan $5,903–$8,854 Christie's
2000·11 A cowgirl in a meadow $562–$843 Christie's
2000·11 A young gentleman holding a quill in his right hand, facing right in brown coat, yellow waistcoat and open white frilled shirt, powdered hair; seated in a green upholstered chair at a table, his right elbow leaning on a large book entitled ' OEUVRE[S] DE PLUTAR[QUE] ', his left arm resting on the table $852–$1,136 Christie's
2000·11 A young lady, seated with her right arm resting on the back of a wooden chair, facing left in white dress, yellow cashmere stole draped over her left shoulders, her dark hair plaited and upswept; pillar and foliate background $852–$1,136 Christie's
2000·11 A young lady, in profile to the left in lace-bordered white dress, white bandeau in her long curling upswept hair, painted en grisaille on a grey ground $568–$852 Christie's
2000·11 A young lady called Marquise de Seligny, née Gau de Voves, standing in a garden, full face in low-cut white dress, curling dark hair; foliate, wall and tree background $568–$852 Christie's
2000·11 A young boy building a house of cards, facing right in light brown jacket and white shirt with deep pleated collar, green sash, curling fair hair; seated at a table covered in green baize $1,420–$2,130 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1790 $355–$497 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1780 $284–$426 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1800 $284–$426 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1790 $426–$711 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1795 $426–$568 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1880 $291–$437 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1880 $364–$509 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1785 $291–$437 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1795 $437–$728 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1600 $291–$437 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1810 $291–$437 Christie's
2000·10 French School, circa 1815 $292–$437 Christie's
2000·08 Flowers in an urn on a ledge $1,452–$2,179 Christie's
2000·07 Portrait head of Paul Goion (1549-1627) $4,539–$7,564 Christie's
2000·05 Pears, peaches, apples and a bottle of wine on a table $1,031–$1,325 Christie's
2000·05 Women in Directoire costumes $2,500–$3,000 Christie's
2000·05 Hezekiah destroying the brazen serpent $25,000–$35,000 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1770 $154–$230 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1795 $276–$338 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1800 $461–$768 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1815 $154–$230 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1795 $154–$230 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1805 $307–$461 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1750 $307–$461 Christie's
2000·05 French School, circa 1770 $384–$537 Christie's
2000·04 Portrait of a lady in a white bonnet; and Portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat with embroidered lapels $949–$1,266 Christie's
2000·03 French School, circa 1730 $314–$471 Christie's
2000·03 French School, circa 1780 $314–$471 Christie's
2000·03 French School, circa 1780 $157–$236 Christie's
2000·02 Cockatoo on a branch $644–$966 Christie's
1999·12 A man taking leave of his father $803–$1,124 Christie's
1999·12 Shepherdesses and peasants merrymaking near a river $642–$963 Christie's
1999·12 The Flight into Egypt $1,285–$1,927 Christie's
1999·12 A young prince crowned by Victory with Neptune and sea gods $642–$963 Christie's
1999·12 An extensive mountainous river landscape $1,124–$1,606 Christie's
1999·12 French School, circa 1790 $81–$162 Christie's
1999·12 French School, circa 1815 $485–$808 Christie's

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