Shepherds before Bethlehem — Eduard Hildebrandt (German, 1817-1869)

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Estimate: £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,860–$8,101
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Sale: Christie's — Old Masters & 19th Century Works of Art, London (South Kensington) · 10 July 2009
Dimensions: 24½ x 33¼ in. (62.3 x 84.5 cm.)
Record ID: TB-2026-5300244
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Eduard Hildebrandt, Shepherds before Bethlehem. Christie's, 10 Jul 2009, lot 441. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300244.

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Eduard Hildebrandt, Shepherds before Bethlehem. Christie's, 10 Jul 2009, lot 441. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300244.

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From the same sale Old Masters & 19th Century Works of Art · Jul 2009

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Portrait of a young woman, bust-length, in a linen headdress, and fur…	After Rogier Van Der Weyden	£3,000–£5,000
Portrait of Don Ambrogio Spinola, Marqués de los Balbases (1569-1630)…	After Sir Anthony Van Dyck	£5,000–£8,000
Tulips and peonies on stone steps	Circle Of Andrea Scacciati	£2,000–£3,000
An Italianate landscape with a figure on a track, a town and mountain…	Called Gaspard Poussin Gaspard Dughet	£6,000–£8,000
A rocky river landscape with figures conversing on a bank	Circle Of Salvator Rosa	£6,000–£8,000
Ducks and ducklings in a river landscape with peahens perched on a tomb	Circle Of Melchior D'hondecoeter	£2,000–£3,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Eduard Hildebrandt	[no title recorded]	$9,596	Dorotheum, Nov 2022
Eduard Hildebrandt	Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives		Sotheby's, Oct 2022
Andreas Achenbach	Andreas Achenbach: At the Bulwark in Ostend		VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2023
Eduard Hildebrandt	Sunset over an exotic river landscape		Christie's, Oct 2005
Andreas Achenbach	A Norwegian Water Mill		Lempertz, May 2025
Andreas Achenbach	Beach with Fishermen and Sailing Boat		Lempertz, Nov 2024
Eduard Hildebrandt	A Southern Coastline (Possibly Madeira)		Lempertz, May 2018
Eduard Hildebrandt	Eduard Hildebrandt: Landing Fishing Boats in the Evening Lig		VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2023

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.