Karl Friedrich Lessing, The Robber and His Child

Karl Friedrich Lessing

German · 1808–1880 · Painter, Draughtsman

Karl Friedrich Lessing, also known by Carl Friedrich Lessing, was a German historical and landscape painter, grandnephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and one of the main… (Wikipedia)

18auction results2004–2025years recorded83%sold (15)$4.7kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Karl Friedrich Lessing, Landscape with a Castle and Two Monks, Oil on panelLandscape with a Castle and Two MonksLempertz · €25,000≈ $27,840≈ £22,522Sign up to see
  2. Karl Friedrich Lessing, Studies for the work "Eichenwald mit einem an einem Brunnen rastenden Ritter", Oil on cardStudies for the work "Eichenwald mit einem an einem Brunnen rastenden Ritter"Lempertz · €13,020≈ $13,839≈ £11,226Sign up to see
  3. Karl Friedrich Lessing, FLUSSLANDSCHAFT MIT BURGEN UND EINER BEFESTIGTEN STADT., Monogrammiert und datiert unten rechts: C.F.L. 40. Öl auf HolzFLUSSLANDSCHAFT MIT BURGEN UND EINER BEFESTIGTEN STADT.Lempertz · €7,200≈ $10,549≈ £5,143Sign up to see

Karl Friedrich Lessing’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price
median $4.7kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
15
of 18 offered · 2004–2025
Sell-through
83%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$3k$10k$32k20072010201320162019202220252004-11-21 · $9,2962007-11-18 · $10,5492010-11-21 · $9,5172013-11-27 · $5,0992014-11-26 · $4,6782016-06-01 · $4,1902016-11-19 · $13,8392017-05-20 · $3,0502018-03-27 · $1,2502018-05-16 · $3,5072020-05-28 · $1,7052020-05-30 · $27,8402022-06-11 · $5,2892024-11-16 · $2,6672025-05-17 · $2,539
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings151280%$8.2kSign up$5.2kSign up$27.8kSign up
Oil151280%$8.2kSign up$5.2kSign up$27.8kSign up
Works on paper33100%$2.3kSign up$2.5kSign up$2.7kSign up
Watercolor22100%$2.2kSign up$2.2kSign up$2.7kSign up
Drawing11100%$2.5kSign up$2.5kSign up$2.5kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202511$2.5kSign up
202411$2.7kSign up
202310—Sign up
202221$5.3kSign up
202022$14.8kSign up
201822$2.4kSign up
201721$3kSign up
201622$9kSign up
201411$4.7kSign up
201311$5.1kSign up
201011$9.5kSign up
200711$10.5kSign up
200411$9.3kSign up

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