Henry Fuseli Auction Prices and Value Guide

Henry Fuseli auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 169 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Henry Fuseli auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Source records
169
Market update
2026-02-06

Henry Fuseli market snapshot

Henry Fuseli shows developing auction liquidity with 32 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (16.0% · 4 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (32.0% · 8 sales)
  • $10,000+ (52.0% · 13 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-12

Artist context

About Henry Fuseli

Henry Fuseli portrait
James Northcote · Public domain · Source

Born

1741

Died

1825

Nationality

Swiss, British

Also known as

Johann Heinrich Füssli, Johann Heinrich Fuessli

Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), also known as Johann Heinrich Füssli, was a Swiss-born British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art. Public authority records connect the English name Henry Fuseli with several renderings of his German-language name, an important distinction for cataloguing and search. He spent much of his career in Britain, so collectors may encounter him in both Swiss and British art contexts. The collected evidence identifies painting and drawing as his principal artistic fields. A supporting biography also associates his work with supernatural subjects and dark, dramatic imagery, including The Nightmare; because that thematic description in this source pack is supplied by Wikipedia rather than a museum essay, it should be treated as contextual rather than definitive. For appraisal and entity matching, the strongest evidence is the agreement between Wikidata and VIAF on his identity, occupations, alternate names, and 1741–1825 lifespan.

PaintingDrawingSupernatural and dream imageryDark, dramatic scenes

Common works and media

The source pack most strongly supports paintings and drawings as the work types collectors may encounter under Henry Fuseli or Johann Heinrich Füssli. Supporting biographical material associates his imagery with supernatural, dreamlike, and dark dramatic subjects, although that subject evidence is comparatively weak in this collection. No reliable breakdown of prints, editions, sculptures, or other auction categories is available here, so those forms should not be assumed without object-specific research.

Market and appraisal context

A Fuseli appraisal should begin by confirming that the object is associated with the correct artist, since authority records preserve several spellings of his name. The distinction between a painting and a drawing is also important when selecting comparable records. Appraisily associates 169 auction records with this artist page, but the collected source pack does not expose their individual descriptions, attribution wording, condition, provenance, dimensions, sale dates, or realized prices. Those lot-level facts must therefore be reviewed before drawing a value conclusion. Relevant comparisons should use documented public sales of genuinely similar works rather than the artist name or record count alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Drawings

Value drivers

  1. Secure identity and attribution, including reconciliation of the names Henry Fuseli and Johann Heinrich Füssli
  2. Work type, particularly whether an object is catalogued as a painting or drawing
  3. Comparison with relevant public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and similar lots when sufficiently documented

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack reports 169 records associated with the Appraisily artist page but supplies no lot-level descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, attribution language, or realized-price data.
  • Identity records alone cannot establish the authorship, authenticity, condition, or value of an individual object.
  • The source pack does not support a directional price trend or a general price prediction.

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 Henry Fuseli

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Henry Fuseli 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 Henry Fuseli artwork?

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