Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi Auction Prices and Value Guide

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 183 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi auction prices: quick answer

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Source records
183
Market update
2026-02-06

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi market snapshot

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi shows solid auction liquidity with 59 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-12.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (46.2% · 12 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (50.0% · 13 sales)
  • $10,000+ (3.8% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$400
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
2
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-12

Artist context

About Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi portrait
anonymous · Public domain · Source

Born

1606

Died

1680

Nationality

Italian

Also known as

Il Bolognese, Le Bolognèse

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606–1680), also known as Il Bolognese, was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, engraver, and architect. Born in Bologna and later associated with Rome, he worked during the seventeenth-century Baroque period. Public biographical sources particularly connect him with fresco painting and classical landscapes, including decorative projects sought by prominent Roman families. His activity across several disciplines is important for collectors because his name may appear against materially different objects: paintings, preparatory or independent drawings, and printed works. These categories should not be treated as interchangeable when identifying or comparing an object. Grimaldi's portable works on paper are especially relevant to present-day collection and auction contexts, while his architectural and fresco activity helps explain the broader visual setting in which those works were produced. Stable authority records at Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, national libraries, and museum collections support entity matching across variant cataloguing systems.

BaroquePaintingFresco paintingDrawingPrintmaking and engravingClassical landscapes

Common works and media

Collectors may encounter works catalogued as paintings, drawings, prints, or engravings by or attributed to Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi. Classical landscapes are the clearest documented subject in the supplied biographical material, and drawings or prints may relate to the same broader landscape and decorative practice. Grimaldi was also active as a fresco painter and architect, although architectural projects and fixed fresco decorations differ fundamentally from portable works offered at auction. Cataloguing should preserve distinctions such as autograph, attributed to, workshop, circle, follower, or manner when those qualifications appear.

Market and appraisal context

Auction and appraisal research for Grimaldi should begin by identifying the object's category and the precise wording of its attribution. A painting, drawing, print, or engraving may have a different production context and a different set of useful comparables. Classical-landscape imagery can be relevant to identification because it is documented in his practice, but subject matter alone cannot establish authorship. A responsible appraisal should also examine the physical medium, inscriptions, documentary history, condition, dimensions, and the relationship between the object and securely catalogued works. The supplied research pack identifies an Appraisily auction-record page but contains no detailed major-auction-house results or realized-price evidence, so it does not support a price prediction or market-trend claim.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Drawings
  • Prints and engravings

Value drivers

  1. The attributed work type and medium, including whether an object is a painting, drawing, print, or engraving
  2. The relationship of a work's imagery to Grimaldi's documented classical-landscape practice
  3. The strength and precision of the attribution attached to the auction record

Appraisal caveats

  • The supplied source pack contains no detailed major-auction-house lot record, catalogue raisonné entry, realized-price series, or condition report.
  • The presence of an artist name in an auction record does not by itself establish authorship or authenticity.
  • Market comparisons should distinguish paintings, drawings, and prints rather than treating every attributed object as directly comparable.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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 Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi 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 Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi artwork?

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