Lot 33 · Old Masters
Portrait of Madame du Barry (1743-1793), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape
Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- $1,000,000–$2,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters, New York · 1 May 2019
- Dimensions
- 51 3/8 x 38 ½ in. (130.4 x 97.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3733972
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun, Portrait of Madame du Barry (1743-1793), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape. Christie's, 1 May 2019, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3733972.
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Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun, Portrait of Madame du Barry (1743-1793), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape. Christie's, 1 May 2019, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3733972.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Portrait of La maréchale-comtesse de Mailly, née Blanche Cha | $1,077,623 | Christie's, Jul 2018 | |
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton (1765-1815), as t | Christie's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Portrait of the Duchesse de Guiche, née Louise Françoise Gab | Sotheby's, Jan 2024 | ||
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Portrait of the artist, bust-length | Christie's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | The Fountain of Love | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | The Return of the Bucintoro from S. Nicolò di Lido | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | hubert robert | view of the palazzo durazzo, genoa, with was | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | portrait of aglaé angélique gabrielle de gramont (1787-1842) | Sotheby's, Jan 2014 |
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.