Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen Auction Prices and Value Guide
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 228 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
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- Artist
- Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen
- Source records
- 228
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Artist context
About Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (1593–1661) was an Anglo-Dutch portrait painter who became one of the most prolific portraitists working in early seventeenth-century England. Born in London to Dutch or Flemish parents who had fled religious persecution in Antwerp, he likely trained in the northern Netherlands before establishing his practice in London by around 1618. Over the following two decades he produced several hundred signed or monogrammed portraits of English gentry and aristocracy, making him the first England-born painter with such a large documented output. With the outbreak of the English Civil War he relocated to the Dutch Republic in 1643, working successively in Middelburg, Amsterdam, and finally Utrecht, where he died. His work bridges the Jacobean and Caroline portrait traditions in England and the broader Dutch Golden Age school of portraiture, and examples are held by major institutions including Tate and the Rijksmuseum.
17th-century English portraitureDutch Golden Age portraitureOil on panelOil on canvasPortrait miniaturesPortraits of English gentry and aristocracyDutch civic and private patron portraits
Common works and media
The artist's output consists almost entirely of portraits, ranging from full-length and three-quarter-length oil paintings on panel or canvas to small-scale portrait miniatures. Sitters are typically members of the English gentry, aristocracy, or civic elites of the Dutch Republic. Many works feature oval or arched formats with elaborate lace collars and costume detail characteristic of Jacobean and Caroline fashion. Signed or monogrammed examples are common, and the RKD and Tate hold representative collections of his work.
Market and appraisal context
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen's portraits appear regularly in Old Master Paintings sales at international auction houses. Value depends heavily on sitter identity, provenance, condition of the panel or canvas support, and whether the work carries the artist's characteristic signature or monogram. Works from his London period, especially those depicting identifiable aristocratic sitters, tend to attract the strongest collector interest. Portrait miniatures by his hand form a distinct category with a separate specialist market. Attribution should be confirmed through museum records, RKD documentation, or authority files, as workshop participation and later copies are known in his oeuvre.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- Attribution can be complicated by the artist's various name forms and the practice of workshop assistance or later copying of his compositions
- No single catalogue raisonné is cited in the available source pack; attribution decisions should reference RKD, Tate, and museum records
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- Tate museum or university
Data basis
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