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Artist

Maurice-Quentin De La Tour

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22results on record
43%sell-through
$92,559median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$1,258,500record in our coverage

Drawn from 22 recorded results (18 sold · 4 passed) across 2 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

$340K$680K$1.0M1998: $77K median, 2 sold2002: $11K median, 1 sold2003: $45K median, 1 sold2004: $388K median, 1 sold2005: $1.2M median, 1 sold2006: $43K median, 1 sold2007: $154K median, 2 sold2009: $1.3M median, 1 sold2012: $27K median, 1 sold2013: $105K median, 1 sold2014: $14K median, 1 sold2016: $96K median, 2 sold2023: $252K median, 1 sold2026: $485K median, 2 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.

$93K$11K$1.3M

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)
works on paper 10 50% $135,650

Medium is recorded for 10 of 22 results (45%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with François Boucher Maurice-Quentin De La Tour François Boucher

$340K$680K$1.0M1998: $317K median2000: $122K median2001: $15K median2002: $11K median2003: $6.1K median2004: $12K median2005: $16K median2006: $8.0K median2007: $28K median2008: $24K median2009: $67K median2010: $35K median2011: $19K median2012: $47K median2013: $28K median2014: $119K median2015: $58K median2016: $55K median2017: $88K median2018: $62K median2019: $7.4K median2020: $38K median2021: $63K median2022: $25K median2023: $22K median2024: $14K median2025: $11K median2026: $52K median1998: $77K median2002: $11K median2003: $45K median2004: $388K median2005: $1.2M median2006: $43K median2007: $154K median2009: $1.3M median2012: $27K median2013: $105K median2014: $14K median2016: $96K median2023: $252K median2026: $485K median19982005201220192026
MetricMaurice-Quentin De La TourFrançois Boucher
Median result$92,559$28,776
Record price $1,258,500 $2,405,000
Results on record22334
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: François BoucherGiovanni Battista TiepoloJean-Baptiste GreuzeNicolas Lancret

Where this artist sells best

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Sotheby's 13 20% $44,851 0.83×
Christie's 9 100% $110,300 —

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 22 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 4 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2026·06 Portrait d'une femme au manchon et à la capeline bleue pastel sur papier $69,222–$92,296 Christie's
2026·02 Portrait of Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, le Maréchal and Duc de Belle-Isle, half-length; and Portrait of Marie-Casimire-Thérèse -Genevi è ve-Emmanuelle de B é thune, la Maréchale de Belle-Isle, half-length pastel on blue paper, mounted on canvas $400,000–$600,000 Christie's
2023·06 A study of Madame Jean-Robert Dorison | Etude pour le portrait de Madame Jean-Robert Dorison $16,190–$21,586 Sotheby's
2023·01 Les Yeux De L'Amour: a portrait of Marie Fel (1713-1794), the renowned singer and companion of the artist $600,000–$800,000 Sotheby's
2023·01 Portrait of a lady, bust-length, wearing a blue dress and holding a fan, seated on a Louis XV chair, said to be Madame Cailloux $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2023·01 A study of Madame Jean-Robert Dorizon $25,000–$35,000 Sotheby's
2023·01 Study for a portrait of a Gentleman $18,000–$22,000 Sotheby's
2016·04 Portrait of a lady, possibly Claire Josèphe Hippolyte Léris de Latude, called Mademoiselle Clairon (1723-1803), bust-length pastel on paper $150,000–$250,000 Christie's
2016·01 Portrait of Claude Dupouch, half-length, leaning on a chair pastel on blue (discolored) paper laid down on canvas $30,000–$40,000 Christie's
2014·07 Portrait of Claude Dupouch $42,747–$59,846 Sotheby's
2013·07 Portrait of Claude Dupouch $91,561–$152,602 Sotheby's
2012·07 portrait of monseigneur vintimille du luc, archbishop of paris $23,456–$31,275 Sotheby's
2009·01 Portrait of Jacques Dumont Le Romain Playing the Guitar $900,000–$1,200,000 Sotheby's
2007·07 portrait of françois-augustin paradis de moncrif (1687-1770) $16,131–$24,197 Sotheby's
2007·07 portrait of jean-jacques rousseau (1712-1778) $241,972–$322,630 Sotheby's
2006·01 portrait of françois-augustin paradis de moncrif (1687-1770) $14,224–$21,336 Sotheby's
2005·07 Self-portrait, bust-length, pointing to the right, seen through a window, called L'autoportrait à l'index or L'autoportrait à l'oeil de boeuf pastel $350,867–$526,301 Christie's
2004·01 Portrait of Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet (1684-1761), Maréchal de France and Duc de Belle-Isle, half-length pastel on paper $350,000–$450,000 Christie's
2003·11 ritratto di madame de pompadour (1721-1764); ritratto di louis de france, dauphin (1729-1765) $14,016–$18,688 Sotheby's
2002·04 Portrait study of a lady, said to be Miss Fell $14,353–$21,529 Christie's
1998·07 Self-Portrait $32,750–$49,125 Christie's
1998·01 Portrait of Madame Cailloux bust-length, wearing a blue dress and holding a fan, seated on a Louis XV chair $60,000–$90,000 Christie's

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