Lot 32 · Old Masters
Portrait of the artist, bust-length
Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- $600,000–$800,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters, New York · 31 October 2017
- Dimensions
- 25 3/8 x 20 ½ in. (64.3 x 52 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3885963
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun, Portrait of the artist, bust-length. Christie's, 31 Oct 2017, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3885963.
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Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun, Portrait of the artist, bust-length. Christie's, 31 Oct 2017, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3885963.
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|---|---|---|---|
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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 Madame du Barry (1743-1793), three-quarter-lengt | $975,000 | Christie's, May 2019 | |
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Portrait of La maréchale-comtesse de Mailly, née Blanche Cha | Christie's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | morning; evening | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Self-Portrait In Traveling Costume | Sotheby's, Jan 2024 | ||
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton (1765-1815), as t | Christie's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | The Return of the Bucintoro from S. Nicolò di Lido | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, with the Punta d | Christie's, Apr 2018 | ||
| Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | Portrait of the Duchesse de Guiche, née Louise Françoise Gab | Sotheby's, Jan 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.