Lot 207 · Defining Taste
vesuvius erupting by moonlight with spectators in the foreground;vesuvius erupting at night with spectators looking on from the foreground
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- Estimate
- £80,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $127,212–$190,818
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Defining Taste, London · 12 November 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4209355
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pierre-jacques Volaire, vesuvius erupting by moonlight with spectators in the foreground;vesuvius erupting at night with spectators looking on from the foreground. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 207. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209355.
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Pierre-jacques Volaire, vesuvius erupting by moonlight with spectators in the foreground;vesuvius erupting at night with spectators looking on from the foreground. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 207. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209355.
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