Lot 213 · Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale)
A musician playing a Chinese lute in an ornamental garden
Jean-Baptiste Pillement · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £35,000–£45,000 hammer ≈ $51,688–$66,456
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale), London · 3 December 2008
- Dimensions
- 17½ x 13½ in. (44.5 x 34.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5407734
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5407734 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5407734
Jean-Baptiste Pillement, A musician playing a Chinese lute in an ornamental garden. Christie's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 213. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5407734.
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Jean-Baptiste Pillement, A musician playing a Chinese lute in an ornamental garden. Christie's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 213. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5407734.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A winter landscape with the Holy Family warming themselves by a fire,… | Abel Grimmer | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A capriccio , with Daniel demanding justice for Susannah under an arc… | Paul Vredeman De Vries | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The Penitent Mary Magdalene | Willem Van Mieris | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| An extensive classical landscape with an artist sketching the Temple … | After Richard Wilson | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A river landscape with monks conversing by a pair of megaliths, ruins… | William. Hodges | £15,000–£20,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | A pair of shipwreck scenes | $51,097 | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | |
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | rocky landscape at dawn with a herdsman and his livestock on | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | A river landscape at dawn with a fisherman on a boat and a g | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Shepherds in a stormy landscape with sheep and cattle; Sheph | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | river landscape with a traveller on a donkey and shepherds | Sotheby's, Dec 2004 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | a shipwreck on a rocky coast during a storm; a shipwreck on | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | An extensive fluvial landscape with herders and their flock | Sotheby's, Jul 2009 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Chinoiserie scene of a Couple in a Boat | Sotheby's, Jan 2012 |
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.