Lot 1 · A Scholar Collects
Madame Vigée Le Brun Seated in a Garden Reading a Letter
Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- $60,000–$80,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — A Scholar Collects, New York · 31 January 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5189038
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-5189038 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5189038
Jacques Antoine Marie Lemoine, Madame Vigée Le Brun Seated in a Garden Reading a Letter. Sotheby's, 31 Jan 2024, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5189038.
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-2026-5189038.
Jacques Antoine Marie Lemoine, Madame Vigée Le Brun Seated in a Garden Reading a Letter. Sotheby's, 31 Jan 2024, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5189038.
The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.
From the same sale A Scholar Collects · Jan 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napoléon Ier Presenting the Newborn King of Rome to Empress Marie Lou… | Jean-baptiste Isabey | $300,000–$500,000 | |
| Portrait of a Woman wearing a Blue Mantelet with a "Coqueluchon" Bonnet | Louis Vigée | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Le Congrès de Vienne | John Godefroy | $700–$1,000 | |
| Still Life of the Remnants of a Meal with a Lunging Cat | Alexandre-françois Desportes | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Landscape of the Ardennes with the Church of Mohon | Elisabeth-louise Vigée Le Brun | $12,000–$16,000 | |
| Portraits of the Artist's Parents: A) Jean Simon Gérard (c. 1740-1790… | Francois Pascal Simon Gerard, Dit Baron Gerard | $12,000–$18,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French School, Circa 1900 | Allegories of the Four Continents | $66,820 | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | |
| French School, Circa 1900 | Portrait of a woman wearing a red dress, bust-length | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | A seated gladiator seen in profile | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | scene from ariosto's orlando furioso: angelica reaches to th | Sotheby's, Jan 2013 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | A pause during a dance: a Young woman with her hands on her | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | A view of Naples with Marechiaro, Posillipo, pleasure boats | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | Ruggiero desperately seeking Angelica everywhere (Orlando fu | Christie's, Feb 2024 | ||
| French School, Circa 1900 | Portrait of André Joseph Hippolyte de Gramont | 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.