Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Auction Prices and Value Guide
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 362 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres auction prices: quick answer
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- Source records
- 362
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres market snapshot
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres shows developing auction liquidity with 40 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,875. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-12.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (17.2% · 5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (31.0% · 9 sales)
- $10,000+ (51.7% · 15 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,800
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-06-12
Artist context
About Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Born
1780
Died
1867
Nationality
French
Also known as
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) was a French painter, draughtsman, and occasional printmaker associated with Neoclassicism and the French academic tradition. After training in Toulouse, he entered Jacques-Louis David's Paris studio in 1797 and won the Prix de Rome in 1801. He reached Italy in 1806, remaining in Rome and later Florence until 1824, and subsequently directed the French Academy in Rome from 1834 to 1841. Although Ingres regarded history painting as central to his ambitions, collectors frequently encounter his legacy through portraits, especially finely controlled pencil drawings and painted likenesses. His work is recognized for precise contour, polished surfaces, and deliberate adjustments to anatomy and space. Portraiture ranged from intimate studies of friends to formal commissions, while bathers, religious narratives, and historical or literary compositions formed other important strands. These distinct media and subjects make accurate identification, attribution wording, date, and provenance especially important when evaluating works connected with Ingres.
NeoclassicismFrench academic traditionOil paintingPencil drawingPrintmaking, including lithographsPortraitureBathers and the nude figureHistorical, literary, and religious subjects
Common works and media
Auction and appraisal contexts may include oil paintings, highly finished pencil portraits, figure and drapery studies, drawings for historical or religious compositions, and occasional prints or lithographs. Portraits are especially prominent, while bathers, nude figures, literary themes, religious narratives, and historical subjects also occur. Cataloguing language matters: an autograph work by Ingres must be distinguished from workshop-related material, copies, prints after his compositions, and later works made in his style.
Market and appraisal context
Works connected with Ingres require close comparison by medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, provenance, and attribution. A finished oil painting, an autograph pencil portrait, a print, and a work catalogued as attributed to, studio of, or after Ingres are not equivalent market objects. Signatures and inscriptions should be considered alongside documented ownership, exhibition history, catalogue references, paper or canvas characteristics, restoration, and specialist opinion. Comparable public auction records are most useful when their attribution language, medium, scale, period, and condition closely match the object being assessed. Reported prices may also treat buyer's premiums and fees differently. Public sales provide an evidence base, but they do not capture every private transaction or later change in scholarly attribution.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and drawings
- Prints and lithographs
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, execution date, and position within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and strength of attribution
- Provenance, exhibition history, and references in recognized catalogues or scholarship
- Subject matter, rarity, and comparison with recent public sales of genuinely similar works
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are appraisal evidence, not a complete valuation; private transactions and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres/
- Reported auction totals may differ in their treatment of buyer's premiums and fees, so comparisons should use consistent price definitions. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres/
- Attribution and condition can materially affect value, particularly for drawings, prints, studio-related works, and works described as attributed to or after the artist. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres/
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Art UK museum or university
- British Museum museum or university
- Wikidata library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
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.
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Artist value FAQ
How much is Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 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.
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