Lot 241 · L13034
Vesuvius erupting at night with spectators in the foreground
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $90,607–$120,809
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L13034, London · 4 July 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4189337
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4189337 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4189337
Pierre-jacques Volaire, Vesuvius erupting at night with spectators in the foreground. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2013, lot 241. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4189337.
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Pierre-jacques Volaire, Vesuvius erupting at night with spectators in the foreground. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2013, lot 241. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4189337.
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| The Morning Gun | Willem Van De Velde The Younger | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| portrait of a boy, full length, in pink silk playing with two puppies | Jacob Van Loo | £40,000–£60,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-jacques Volaire | coastal landscape near naples | $100,000 | Sotheby's, Jun 2014 | |
| Pierre-jacques Volaire | The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 15 June 1794 | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Pierre-jacques Volaire | a mediterranean bay with a merchantman unloading, seamen pla | Sotheby's, Dec 2003 | ||
| Pierre-jacques Volaire | a nocturnal landscape with figures fleeing the fire of alexa | Sotheby's, Dec 2011 | ||
| Pierre-jacques Volaire | a nocturnal mediterranean coastal scene, with vesuvius in th | Sotheby's, Jan 2014 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | A courtyard near the Campo Vaccino in Rome | Christie's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Pierre-jacques Volaire | A mediterranean bay with figures unloading a man-o'-war, fig | Christie's, Sep 2005 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | A great colonnaded building, the roof partly open to the sky | Christie's, Feb 2024 |
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.