SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
The French painter Henri Joseph Harpignies, born in 1819 and died in 1916, is represented in the Art Institute of Chicago’s entries by works spanning a long period.
Trees and Birches and Oaks are dated there to 1848; the latter work is listed as printed in 1849. Shepherd Resting in a Clearing is dated to 1849. The later Hilly Landscape with River is dated to around 1913.
This profile brings together identity references for Henri Harpignies and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
37 references are documented at Germann, Genève Enchères, Dobiaschofsky, DognyAuction, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Kornfeld, Piguet, Lempertz, Schuler. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on panel
Sentier aux peupliers
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2024-05-21 — 2024-06-05
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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Oil on cardboard
Paysage
huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2023-03-02 — 2023-03-15
Published result : 430 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Watercolour and Indian ink
Paysage.
Aquarell und Tusche
Catalogue period : 2022-11-05
Published result : 50 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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Watercolour
Paysage
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2022-06-01 — 2022-06-15
Published result : 450 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Paysage
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2021-11-24 — 2021-12-08
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Oil on canvas
Paysage de la campagne bourguignonne
Huile sur toile
Auction date : 2021-11-20
Published result : 8281 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 10000
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Dämmerung am Fluss
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2021-09-16
Published result : 6000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 8000
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Oil on canvas
Bord de fleuve,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2021-03-02 — 2021-03-17
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
View the lot at the auction house ↗Watercolor over a light preliminary drawing in pencil
Catalogue period : 2020-09-17
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Watercolour
Paysage avec pêcheur
Aquarelle
Auction date : 2019-11-16
Published result : 1860 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1500
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Oil on canvas
Paysage à l'arbre
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-04-30
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Paysage fluvial
Huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-12-14
Published result : 4200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on canvas
Paysage fluvial
Huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-03-23
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Watercolour
Au lac.
Aquarell
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 950 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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lavis à l'encre noire sur papier
Catalogue period : 2016-09-21
Published result : 330 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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lavis à l'encre brune sur papier
Catalogue period : 2016-09-21
Published result : 380 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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Oil on canvas
Le vallon
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2016-09-21
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Öl auf Leinwand auf Holzfaserplatte
Catalogue period : 2016-06-22
Published result : 2432 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Charcoal
Paysage
fusain
Catalogue period : 2015-12-09
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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Flusslandschaft mit Brücke.
Aquarell
Catalogue period : 2013-05-18
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700
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Oil on canvas
Paysage, 1901
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Watercolour
Paysage animé
aquarelle
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 300–400
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Uferpartie mit Maler und Staffelei.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 3600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Heidelandschaft in der Dämmerung.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3400
View the lot at the auction house ↗Bleistift- und Tuschfeder-Zeichnung, laviert
Date to be documented
Published result : 950 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500
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Un pont sur la Seine près de Paris
watercolour
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Henri Joseph Harpignies — Paysage de campagne au coucher de soleil,
huile sur toile
attribué à
Catalogue period : 2025-03-06 — 2025-03-19
Attributed to
Published result : 240 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Ink on paper
Attribué à Henri Joseph Harpignies — Paysage
Encre sur papier
Attribué à Harpignies, Henri Joseph
Catalogue period : 2022-12-12
Attributed to Harpignies, Henri Joseph
Published result : 100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 100–200
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES — Flusslandschaft mit Boot.
Öl auf Leinwand
Zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2017-11-11
Attributed
Published result : 80 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 750
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Henri Joseph Harpignies — Paysage forestier
Huile sur toile
Attribué à Harpignies, Henri Joseph
Catalogue period : 2017-09-18
Attributed to Harpignies, Henri Joseph
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 700–900
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Suiveur de HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES — Flussuferpartie im Dämmerungslicht mit Bäumen.
Öl auf Htf
Nachfolger des
Date to be documented
Follower of
Published result : 50 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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Attribué à HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES — Uferpartie mit Bäumen.
Öl auf Lwd.
zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Published result : 1900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2200
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Attribué à HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES — Flusspartie mit Uferweg am Abend.
Öl auf Htf
zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Published result : 2800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Entourage de HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES — Sommerliche Hügellandschaft mit Bäumen.
Öl auf Papier
Umkreis
Date to be documented
Circle of
Published result : 500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800
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Attribué à HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES — "Chemin parmi les chênes dominant un lac".
Öl auf Lwd.
zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1400
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Entourage de HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES — Landschaft mit Bäumen.
Öl auf Htf.
Umkreis
Date to be documented
Circle of
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 700
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Henri Joseph Harpignies — Paysage de campagne
huile sur toile
attr. à
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Attributed to
Published result : 950 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
