Lot 49 · Old Master Pictures
Le Moulin à Eau : A landscape with a herdsman and his family by a mill
François Boucher · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £80,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $154,315–$231,472
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures , London · 8 December 2004
- Dimensions
- 20 1/8 x 26 in. (51.1 x 66 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5858900
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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François Boucher, Le Moulin à Eau : A landscape with a herdsman and his family by a mill. Christie's, 8 Dec 2004, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5858900.
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François Boucher, Le Moulin à Eau : A landscape with a herdsman and his family by a mill. Christie's, 8 Dec 2004, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5858900.
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From the same sale Old Master Pictures · Dec 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| An extensive landscape with a herdsman and cattle and travellers cros… | David Ii Teniers | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A kitchen interior with a maid preparing meat and gentlemen drinking … | Jeremias Van Winghe | £350,000–£550,000 | |
| Soldiers playing cards by candlelight | Peter Wtewael | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with peasants and a village | Meindert Hobbema | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Morning and Evening: A classical landscape with shepherds, an acquadu… | Jean-pierre Péquignot | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| David and Moses with two other prophets or saints: fragment from an A… | Pietro Di Francesco Degli Orioli | £12,000–£18,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| François Boucher | hagar and ishmael in the desert with the angel | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| François Boucher | an allegory of music | Sotheby's, Jun 2014 | ||
| François Boucher | 'la marchande de fleurs' in a rocaille surround | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | ||
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| François Boucher | Les villageois à la pêche | 《垂釣的村民》 | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
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