Lot 38 · Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale
An Evening Landscape with Mercury and Battus
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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $604,255–$906,383
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale, London · 7 July 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3939202
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée, An Evening Landscape with Mercury and Battus. Sotheby's, 7 Jul 2010, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3939202.
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Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée, An Evening Landscape with Mercury and Battus. Sotheby's, 7 Jul 2010, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3939202.
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From the same sale Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale · Jul 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A tronie: Study of the head and shoulders of an old bearded man, wear… | Jan Lievens | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 | |
| A landscape with the Nurture of Jupiter | Hendrick Frans Van Lint, Called Studio | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| A guardroom interior with a self-portrait of the artist | David Teniers The Younger | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| A luteplayer carousing with a young woman holding a roemer | Hendrick Terbrugghen | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| The Kermesse of Saint George with the dance around the maypole | Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | £2,200,000–£2,600,000 | |
| Venice, the lagoon and the fort of San Niccolò di Lido | Francesco Guardi | £150,000–£250,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée | A Mediterranean Seaport | $783,983 | Sotheby's, Jul 2014 | |
| Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée | Landscape with a rural dance | Christie's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée | A pastoral landscape with a shepherd and shepherdess beside | Bonhams, Jul 2016 | ||
| Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée | Landscape with a Herdsman and Shepherdess | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| François Boucher | Venus discovering the dead Adonis | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée | an italianate landscape with a drover and his dog driving hi | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Portrait of Lucas Van Uffel | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Called Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée | An Evening Landscape with Mercury and Battus | Sotheby's, Jan 2008 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.