Lot 55 · Old Master & British Drawings
A Bohemian landscape with a cross in a field, and mountains beyond
Caspar David Friedrich · graphite, pen and gray ink, watercolor, on wove paper
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- Estimate
- $150,000–$250,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 28 January 2022
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings , New York · 28 January 2022
- Dimensions
- in. (12.8 x 20.5 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3489396
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Caspar David Friedrich, A Bohemian landscape with a cross in a field, and mountains beyond. Christie's, 28 Jan 2022, lot 55. estimate $150,000–$250,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3489396.
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90% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 91%, 91% sold.
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Caspar David Friedrich, A Bohemian landscape with a cross in a field, and mountains beyond. Christie's, 28 Jan 2022, lot 55. estimate $150,000–$250,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3489396.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A calm on an estuary with boats and a windmill | ANTHONY ERKELENS (Rotterdam 1774-1804) | $4,000–$6,000 | upcoming |
| A matador delivering the coup de grâce at a bullfight, a large crowd … | JEAN-DÉMOSTHÈNE DUGOURC (Versailles 1749-1825 Paris) | $4,000–$6,000 | upcoming |
| Noah’s Sacrifice | Italian School, 17th Century | $3,000–$5,000 | upcoming |
| A falling man | Benedetto Caliari | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Mars brandishing a sword | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Dit Le Guerchin | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| A priest giving a sermon in a church | Pietro Longhi | $15,000–$20,000 | upcoming |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caspar David Friedrich | „Feuer in einer Kirchenruine“. Um 1800/1801 | $181,340 | Grisebach, Jun 2025 | |
| Caspar David Friedrich | „Alte Elbbrücke bei Meißen“. Frühestens 1816 | Grisebach, Nov 2023 | ||
| Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | Memory of Saint-Ouen, Cow at the Pond (Souvenir de Saint-Oue | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Caspar David Friedrich | „Böhmische Landschaft (Hügellandschaft)“. 1807 | Grisebach, May 2018 | ||
| Caspar David Friedrich | blick auf arkona, rügen (view towards arkona, rügen) | Sotheby's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | vallons défrichés | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | Le rappel des vaches | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Caspar David Friedrich | A Gothic brick building and two studies of trees | Christie's, Jul 2018 |
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.