Lot 2597 · British and Continental Pictures
A lake by moonlight
Nils Hans Christiansen · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £400–£600 hammer ≈ $714–$1,070
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British and Continental Pictures, London (South Kensington) · 27 April 2006
- Dimensions
- 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5691689
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Nils Hans Christiansen, A lake by moonlight. Christie's, 27 Apr 2006, lot 2597. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5691689.
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Nils Hans Christiansen, A lake by moonlight. Christie's, 27 Apr 2006, lot 2597. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5691689.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The young adventurer | Ove Kunert (Continental, c.1920) | £200–£400 | |
| Portrait of William Shakespeare, bust-length | Probably after John Taylor | £300–£500 | |
| Portrait of a Naval officer, bust-length | English School, 19th Century | £300–£500 | |
| A night at the opera | English School, 19th Century | £400–£600 | |
| Men o'war on the Thames, Greenwich | British School, 20th/21st Century | £300–£500 | |
| An afternoon on the coast | Italian School, 17th Century | £300–£500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nils Hans Christiansen | Summer waters on a Norwegian fjord | $338 | Christie's, Jan 2005 | |
| French School, 19th Century | Balcon le jour | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | ||
| Italian School, 17th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Oct 2021 | ||
| Nils Hans Christiansen | Deer in a winter landscape | Christie's, Jan 2005 | ||
| English School, 19th Century | Portrait of man, traditionally identified as John Padbury | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Nils Hans Christiansen | Stags in a Deer Park | Christie's, Jun 1998 | ||
| Continental School, 19th Century | Shipping off False Bay Coast | Strauss & Co, Nov 2022 | ||
| Nils Hans Christiansen | Figures on a frozen lake; Returning home with the setting su | Bonhams, Oct 2013 |
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.