Lot 28 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Two bay hunters communing on the bank of a lake
Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $508,172–$762,258
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction, London · 3 July 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5228615
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-5228615 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5228615
A.r.a. George Stubbs, Two bay hunters communing on the bank of a lake. Sotheby's, 3 Jul 2024, lot 28. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5228615.
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-2026-5228615.
A.r.a. George Stubbs, Two bay hunters communing on the bank of a lake. Sotheby's, 3 Jul 2024, lot 28. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5228615.
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 Evening Auction · Jul 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A pair: Saint Dorothy of Capadoccia; Saint Catherine of Alexandria | Cesare Dandini | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Fiesole, a view of the Badia Fiesolana, just outside Florence | Gaspar Van Wittel, Called Vanvitelli | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| A view of the Dardanelles | Carlo Bossoli | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| View of Portsmouth Harbour entrance on 22 June 1773, with King George… | Richard Paton | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Allegory of Poetry | Eustache Le Sueur | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| An architectural capriccio with the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine | Giovanni Paolo Panini | £100,000–£150,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.r.a. George Stubbs | Polyanthus, a favourite bay hunter, in a landscape | $598,675 | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | |
| A.r.a. George Stubbs | A bay hunter with two playful spaniels | Christie's, Dec 2018 | ||
| A.r.a. George Stubbs | Bay Cob with a King Charles Spaniel on the Banks of the Serp | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| A.r.a. George Stubbs | A prancing horse with two dogs, in a landscape | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| A.r.a. George Stubbs | The Marquess of Rockingham's Scrub, with John Singleton up | Christie's, Jun 2026 | ||
| A.r.a. George Stubbs | Portrait of a dark brown and white Newfoundland spaniel | Sotheby's, Jul 2014 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | the visit to the farm | Sotheby's, Jul 2008 | ||
| A.r.a. George Stubbs | Eclipse at Newmarket with a groom and jockey, 1770 | Christie's, Dec 2023 |
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.