Lot 226 · Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale)
A mountainous river landscape with figures fishing below a cascade
Jean-Baptiste Pillement · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $17,722–$26,583
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale), London · 3 December 2008
- Dimensions
- 19¾ x 24 in. (50 x 61 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5407745
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Jean-Baptiste Pillement, A mountainous river landscape with figures fishing below a cascade. Christie's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 226. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5407745.
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Jean-Baptiste Pillement, A mountainous river landscape with figures fishing below a cascade. Christie's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 226. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5407745.
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From the same sale Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale) · Dec 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| A mountainous lake landscape with travellers on a path in the foregro… | William Ashford P.r.h.a. | £10,000–£15,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Personnages sous un arc rocheux près d'une rivière | $15,170 | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | |
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Landscape with Rider and Animals | Paysage au muletier | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Pastoral Landscape at Dusk with Villagers, Shepherds, and Sh | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Goatherds in a rocky landscape | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Oct 2018 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Figures in a rocky river landscape | Bonhams, Jul 2020 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | An Italianate river landscape with figures under a bridge, b | Christie's, Dec 2009 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Pillement | Waterfall landscape with herdsman | Sotheby's, Jan 2014 |
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.