Lot 89 · Old Master and British Pictures
A view of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples
Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $79,364–$119,046
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master and British Pictures, London · 25 April 2008
- Dimensions
- 21¼ x 30½ in. (54 x 77.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5462654
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a., A view of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples. Christie's, 25 Apr 2008, lot 89. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5462654.
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Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a., A view of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples. Christie's, 25 Apr 2008, lot 89. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5462654.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Portrait of a lady, half-length, holding a fan | Dutch School, Circa 1635 | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| The Rest on the Flight to Egypt | Sebastiano Conca | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A capriccio of a busy port with the ruins of a triumphal arch; and A … | Pieter Casteels II | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Nausicaa and her maidens in a landscape | Gaspar Van Den Hoecke | £40,000–£60,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | A moonlit landscape | $136,828 | Christie's, Jul 2023 | |
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Study of an old man, half-length, in a brown fur-lined coat | Christie's, Jan 2010 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of Miss Ann Carver before a landscape, three-quarte | Christie's, Apr 2021 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | View of San Felice Circeo, near Gaeta, Italy | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | arkwright's cotton mills by night | Sotheby's, Nov 2005 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of Old John, Head Waiter at the King's Head Inn in | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of a Young Lady | Sotheby's, Jan 2017 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of Francis Noel Clarke Mundy (1739-1815), three-qua | Christie's, Jun 2026 |
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.