Bartolomeo Pinelli Auction Prices and Value Guide

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Artist
Bartolomeo Pinelli
Source records
696
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Bartolomeo Pinelli

Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781–1835) was an Italian painter, engraver, sculptor, and illustrator active in Rome during the early nineteenth century. Trained and working primarily in the Papal States, Pinelli built his reputation as a versatile graphic artist skilled in etching, engraving, lithography, watercolor, and drawing. His career spanned roughly three decades, from about 1800 until shortly before his death in 1835. Pinelli is recorded across major international authority files including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, and the RKD, all of which confirm his identity as a Rome-based Italian multi-disciplinary artist. Collectors encounter his work most often through the print and illustration market, where his etchings and engravings appear with regularity at auction houses worldwide.

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Common works and media

Pinelli's most commonly encountered works include etchings and engravings on paper, often depicting Roman life, Italian costumes, and scenes from classical literature. He also produced lithographs, watercolors, drawings in pen and ink or wash, oil paintings, and sculptural works. Collectors may find individual prints, bound illustration series, and occasional drawings or watercolors at auction.

Market and appraisal context

Bartolomeo Pinelli's work has a well-established and liquid auction history spanning over three decades, with 253 recorded lots and 148 priced results dating from 1994 through April 2026. His prints and works on paper trade regularly at major and mid-tier auction houses worldwide, including Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Tajan, Finarte, Cambi Casa d'Aste, Gonnelli Casa d'Aste, Bertolami Fine Art, Gliubich Casa d'Aste, and Auktionshaus Schwab. The price distribution is wide: the median realized price is €600, with an interquartile range of €150–€1,500 and a ceiling of €36,000. Individual etchings and engravings typically realize between €50 and €500, while drawings, watercolours, and double-sided compositional studies can reach into the thousands. The top recent result was a double-sided drawing from 1807 depicting Marcus Furius Camillus liberating Rome from the Gauls, which sold at Freeman's for $8,500 in November 2025. A bound illustrated Aeneid (L'Eneide di Virgilio) realised €1,000 at DAMS Casa d'Aste in September 2025, and a group of episodes from Greek antiquity brought €3,500 at Cambi Casa d'Aste in December 2025. Liquidity remains healthy: 11 lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window, down from 20 in the prior 12 months, indicating a cooling but still active market. The majority of lots are etchings, hand-coloured engravings, and drawings depicting Roman costumi, classical literary scenes, and Italian topography.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • etching
  • engraving
  • lithography
  • watercolor
  • painting

Value drivers

  1. Medium (etching, engraving, lithograph, watercolor, drawing, painting) affects value significantly
  2. Condition and impression quality are critical for prints
  3. Subject matter and series completeness influence desirability
  4. Provenance and attribution should be confirmed; Pinelli's prolific output means attribution quality varies
  5. Medium is the primary value driver: individual etchings and engravings typically sell in the €50–€500 range, while original drawings and watercolours can reach €1,000–€8,500+
  6. Impression quality and paper condition are critical for prints; foxing, trimmed margins, or poor impressions materially reduce value

Appraisal caveats

  • Pinelli was a prolific printmaker and illustrator; individual prints are relatively common at auction, while paintings and sculptures by his hand are scarcer.
  • Attribution of unsigned or loosely documented works requires specialist examination.
  • Market data in this summary is drawn from authority records and artist identity sources, not from specific auction results.
  • Pinelli was a prolific printmaker; the high lot count (253) reflects volume of output, not necessarily rarity of individual works. Many etchings are relatively common at auction.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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