Carlo Maratti Auction Prices and Value Guide

Carlo Maratti auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 567 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Carlo Maratti auction prices: quick answer

Carlo Maratti auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Carlo Maratti
Source records
567
Market update
2026-02-06

Carlo Maratti market snapshot

Carlo Maratti shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,057 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,850. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 16 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-04.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (9.1% · 64 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (43.6% · 305 sales)
  • $10,000+ (47.3% · 331 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$3,800
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
16
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-04

Artist context

About Carlo Maratti

Carlo Maratti portrait
Carlo Maratta · Public domain · Source

Born

1625

Died

1713

Nationality

Italian

Also known as

Carlo Maratta, Carlo Maroti, Carlo Maratte, Carle Maratus

Carlo Maratti, also widely recorded as Carlo Maratta, was an Italian painter and draughtsman whose career centered on Rome. A pupil of Andrea Sacchi, he became a defining figure in the city's later seventeenth-century art, combining the compositional discipline of the classical Grand Manner with the scale and persuasive force of the Baroque. His practice ranged from church altarpieces and frescoes to portraits and devotional images, particularly Madonna and Child compositions. Maratti gained an international reputation and directed a large workshop. His designs also circulated through engravings and other prints. Collectors consequently encounter his name across autograph paintings and drawings, workshop material, later copies, and printed interpretations. That broad artistic afterlife makes catalogue terminology especially important: a work securely attributed to Maratti is distinct from one described as workshop of, circle of, follower of, or after the artist.

Roman BaroqueClassical Grand MannerClassicizing Italian Late BaroquePaintings on canvasFrescoesDrawingsEngravings, etchings, and printed interpretations of his designsMadonna and ChildChristian devotional and Counter-Reformation subjectsPortraits

Common works and media

Works encountered in collection and appraisal settings include oil paintings, fresco-related studies, drawings, portraits, altarpiece compositions, and devotional subjects such as the Madonna and Child. Prints may reproduce paintings or drawings associated with Maratti and can name both the designer and the engraver. Because his studio was large and his compositions were repeatedly copied, catalogues may also present works as workshop of, circle of, follower of, or after Maratti. Those qualifiers should be preserved when identifying and comparing an object.

Market and appraisal context

Carlo Maratti's public auction market includes paintings, drawings, and prints, but objects bearing his name do not all carry the same level of authorship. Attribution is therefore central to comparison. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, provenance, inscriptions, exhibition history, and references in scholarly catalogues. For prints, the identity of the engraver, state, impression quality, margins, and whether the composition was made after a Maratti design may also matter. Comparable sales should use closely related objects and equivalent attribution language. Public results can establish context, but they do not replace physical examination, provenance research, or specialist judgment.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints

Value drivers

  1. Attribution wording and confidence, including distinctions among autograph, workshop, circle, follower, and after
  2. Medium, dimensions, date, and position within the artist's career
  3. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  4. Signature, inscriptions, and edition details where applicable
  5. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  6. Subject matter and recent public auction results for genuinely comparable works

Appraisal caveats

  • Matched-name auction records can combine works carrying materially different attribution qualifiers; the complete catalogue description should be reviewed.
  • Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal, and private sales or later attribution changes may be absent.
  • Condition, restoration, authorship, and provenance require object-specific examination; broad artist-level statistics cannot resolve them.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Carlo Maratti

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Carlo Maratti worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my Carlo Maratti artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.