An Italianate coastal landscape with figures in the foreground, shipping and a town beyond — Attributed to Gaspar Butler (active Naples c.1718)

Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.

Estimate: £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,891–$8,152
Result
Performance
Sale: Christie's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 11 December 2009
Dimensions: 27 x 59¼ in. (68.7 x 125.2 cm.)
Record ID: TB-2026-5154592
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
Cite this record: TB-2026-5154592 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5154592

Gaspar Butler, An Italianate coastal landscape with figures in the foreground, shipping and a town beyond. Christie's, 11 Dec 2009, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5154592.

Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable

Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5154592.

Gaspar Butler, An Italianate coastal landscape with figures in the foreground, shipping and a town beyond. Christie's, 11 Dec 2009, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5154592.

Test the link

The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.

From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours · Dec 2009

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Moses striking the rock	Follower Of Nicolas Poussin	£3,000–£5,000
Portrait of William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal (c.1664-1712), half-len…	Circle Of Sir John Baptist De Medina	£2,000–£3,000
The Penitent Saint Peter	Circle Of Pier Francesco Mola	£6,000–£8,000
A Mediterranean port with fishermen and a three-master anchored off-shore	School Of Claude Joseph Vernet	£1,500–£2,500
An Italian Baroque town with figures conversing in a square by a church	Follower Of Francesco Battaglioli	£3,000–£5,000
A group of five studies of hands	Italian School, 17th Century	£700–£1,000

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Gaspar Butler	The Grotto of Pozzuoli, Naples	$5,753	Christie's, Jan 2017
French School, 19th Century	A fan design: Diana hunting		Sotheby's, Oct 2022
English School, 19th Century	Still life of a white woodcock		Sotheby's, Apr 2023
French School, 19th Century	Head of a man, in profile, after Raphael's The Expulsion of		Sotheby's, Oct 2022
English School, 19th Century	Full Cry		Bonhams, Oct 2023
English School, 19th Century	English School, 18th Century, Portrait of a Gentleman in His		Sotheby's, Jan 2023
French School, 19th Century	An Afternoon Outing (a pair)		Sotheby's, Oct 2022
After Sir Anthony Van Dyck	Self-portrait of the artist		Sotheby's, Dec 2021

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.