Johann Gottfried Auction Prices and Value Guide

Johann Gottfried auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 290 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Johann Gottfried auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Johann Gottfried
Source records
290
Market update
2026-02-06

Johann Gottfried market snapshot

Johann Gottfried shows thin auction liquidity with 4 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-11-17.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 2 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2023-11-17

Artist context

About Johann Gottfried

Johann Gottfried portrait
Bautsch · CC0 · Source

Born

1764

Died

1850

Nationality

German

Also known as

Johann Gottfried Schadow

Appraisily maps the shortened page label “Johann Gottfried” to Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850), a German Prussian sculptor and draughtsman associated with German Neoclassicism. Schadow is described as a founder of the Berlin School of Sculpture and as an important figure in Berlin’s sculptural tradition. His documented major works include the Quadriga made for the Brandenburg Gate, the Princesses Group, and the tomb of Count Alexander von der Mark. Monumental commissions commemorating Blücher and Martin Luther also appear in the collected biographical sources. These works connect his practice with public monuments, funerary memorials, and carefully composed figural sculpture, while drawing formed another documented part of his activity. Collectors may encounter his full surname in catalogues, authority records, and attribution statements. Because the current public label omits “Schadow,” matching an object to the complete artist identity is especially important.

German NeoclassicismSculptureDrawingPublic monuments and commemorative figuresFunerary memorialsFigural groups

Common works and media

The evidence identifies sculpture as Schadow’s principal practice and also records him as a draughtsman. Documented work types include monumental public sculpture, commemorative statues, funerary memorials, and figural groups. Named examples include the Brandenburg Gate Quadriga, the Princesses Group, the tomb of Count Alexander von der Mark, and monuments to Blücher and Martin Luther. The source pack does not establish the relative auction frequency of original sculptures, later casts, drawings, studies, or works carrying historical attributions.

Market and appraisal context

Market assessment should begin by confirming that an offered work is connected to Johann Gottfried Schadow rather than another person sharing the given names. The collected sources support sculpture and drawing as relevant categories and document his association with monuments, memorials, and figural groups. They do not, however, supply a fetched auction-house catalogue, individual realized prices, or object-level evidence about material, dimensions, condition, provenance, editions, casting history, or date. Those details should be established from the object and its documentation, then compared with appropriately attributed public sales. The Appraisily page provides an auction-record context, but this source pack is not sufficient for a price prediction or a claim about market direction.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sculpture
  • Drawings

Value drivers

  1. Secure attribution to Johann Gottfried Schadow, particularly because the public page label omits his surname
  2. Work type and its relationship to Schadow's documented sculptural or drawing practice
  3. Subject or documented relationship to Schadow's known monuments, memorials, and figural works

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an Appraisily auction-page signal but no fetched major-auction-house catalogue entry, individual lot record, realized price, or comparable-sale details.
  • The available evidence does not establish how frequently sculptures and drawings occur among the associated auction records.
  • Materials, dimensions, condition, provenance, edition status, casting history, creation date, and object-specific attribution must be verified independently before valuation.
  • The shortened display name creates a material risk of mixing Schadow records with works by other people named Johann Gottfried.

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 Johann Gottfried

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Johann Gottfried 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 Johann Gottfried artwork?

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