Lot 36 · 19Th Century European Art
Birthday party preparations
Victor-gabriel Gilbert · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $18,040–$21,648
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART, London (South Kensington) · 25 March 2004
- Dimensions
- 21¾ x 18¼ in. (55.4 x 46 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5944675
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Victor-gabriel Gilbert, Birthday party preparations. Christie's, 25 Mar 2004, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5944675.
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Victor-gabriel Gilbert, Birthday party preparations. Christie's, 25 Mar 2004, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5944675.
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From the same sale 19Th Century European Art · Mar 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pastoral idyll | Joseph Quinaux | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A village in northern France | Charles Lapostolet | £800–£1,200 | |
| Female nude | Théodore Chassériau | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Maison Normande | Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| A French landscape | Gaston-Marie-Anatole Roullet (French, 1847-1925) | £1,200–£1,500 | |
| A woman washing clothes | Eugène Ciceri | £2,000–£3,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor-gabriel Gilbert | The flower seller, place du Théâtre Français, Paris | $18,800 | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | |
| Victor-gabriel Gilbert | Playtime in the park | Christie's, Sep 2004 | ||
| Victor-gabriel Gilbert | the flower vendor on the pont des arts, paris | Sotheby's, Jun 2018 | ||
| Edouard Henri Léon Cortès | Fleuristes à côté de la Madeleine | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Eugene Galien-laloue | Place de la République | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Edouard Henri Léon Cortès | Place Saint-Michel et Notre-Dame sous la neige | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 | ||
| Edouard Henri Léon Cortès | Arc de Triomphe et l'Avenue Friedland, le soir | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2023 | ||
| Edouard Henri Léon Cortès | Avenue de l'Opéra | Heritage Auctions, 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.