Sebastian Pether
British · 1790–1844 · Painter
Sebastian Pether was an English landscape-painter who specialised in painting moonlight, sunset, and firelight. His father Abraham Pether and brother Henry Pether also… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Vesuvius erupting by moonlightBonhams · £20,400≈ $24,137≈ €24,125Sign up to see
Ruins of a Gothic church façade in a wide valley by moonlightim Kinsky · €7,680≈ $8,397≈ £6,582Sign up to see
UntitledSworders · £500≈ $632≈ €598Sign up to see
Sebastian Pether’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).
Price trend
4 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 6 | 4 | 67% | $8.4kSign up | $4.5kSign up | $24.1kSign up |
| Oil | 6 | 4 | 67% | $8.4kSign up | $4.5kSign up | $24.1kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.