Lot 68 · 19th Century European Art Including Orientalist Pictures
Two gentlemen reading a letter
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,157–$4,736
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 19th Century European Art Including Orientalist Pictures , London (South Kensington) · 21 November 2002
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6086770
- Record
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Jean-baptiste Madou, Two gentlemen reading a letter. Christie's, 21 Nov 2002, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6086770.
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Jean-baptiste Madou, Two gentlemen reading a letter. Christie's, 21 Nov 2002, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6086770.
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From the same sale 19th Century European Art Including Orientalist Pictures · Nov 2002
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The sleeping seamstress | Paolo Mei | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Buffaloes watering in the Roman campagna; and A shepherd girl washing… | Charles Coleman | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The rehearsal | Román Ribera Cirera | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The young busker | Léon-jean-basile Perrault | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| The palm reader | Gabriel Cornelius Von Max | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Portrait of an elegant beauty, bust length | Charles Chaplin | £3,000–£5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-baptiste Madou | The Gamblers | $3,851 | Sotheby's, Mar 2011 | |
| Noel Georges Bouvard | A Pair of Venetian Canal Views | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Antoine Bouvard | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 | ||
| Antoine Bouvard | Gondolas on a canal, Venice | Bonhams, Sep 2026 | ||
| Antoine Bouvard | Looking towards the Grand Canal, Venice | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| Antoine Bouvard | Sante Maria de la Salute across the Grand Canal | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Charles Chaplin | Lost Virtue | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Antoine Bouvard | A Venetian canal with St Marks in the distance | Bonhams, Mar 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.