Lucas van Uden Auction Prices and Value Guide

Lucas van Uden auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 214 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Lucas van Uden auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Lucas van Uden
Source records
214
Market update
2026-02-16

Lucas van Uden market snapshot

Lucas van Uden shows solid auction liquidity with 95 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,560. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (21.3% · 10 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (44.7% · 21 sales)
  • $10,000+ (34.0% · 16 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$190
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
14
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-11

Artist context

About Lucas van Uden

Lucas van Uden (1595–1672) was a Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman, engraver, and tapestry designer who spent his career in Antwerp. Recognized as one of the leading landscape painters of the Flemish Baroque, Van Uden produced panoramic woodland views, river scenes, and rural compositions that combined close observation of nature with an ordered, decorative sensibility. He frequently collaborated with Antwerp figure painters, supplying landscape settings while colleagues added staffage and narrative elements. Beyond his paintings, Van Uden was a prolific draughtsman and printmaker, and scholars regard his drawings as among his most original contributions. His work helped shape the tradition of Flemish landscape painting in the seventeenth century, and his compositions circulated widely through engravings.

Flemish Baroque landscape paintingOil on panel and canvas (paintings)Pen and ink, chalk (drawings)Engraving and printmakingLandscapes with panoramic views, forests, rivers, and rural scenes

Common works and media

Van Uden's output includes oil paintings on panel and canvas depicting wooded landscapes, panoramic river views, and pastoral scenes, often populated with small figures by collaborating artists. His drawn work in pen, ink, and chalk is well represented in museum and print-room collections. He also produced engravings after his own compositions and designs. Tapestry designs are documented in RKD records. Collectors may encounter individual landscape panels, finished drawings, and engraved series at auction.

Market and appraisal context

Lucas van Uden's works appear across the Old Master market in paintings, drawings, and prints. Attribution is a central concern: his landscape style was influential and widely followed, so many works previously assigned to him have been reattributed to pupils or imitators. His drawings are particularly valued for their originality and may attract stronger collector interest than paintings of uncertain authorship. Collaborative works with known figure painters add a layer of complexity for appraisal. Medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, and the quality of any accompanying scholarship all affect market outcomes. Specific realized prices were not available in this research pass.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Attribution is a key factor; Van Uden's landscape style was widely imitated by contemporaries and followers, and many works formerly attributed to him have been reattributed
  2. Drawings are considered his most original output and may carry stronger collector interest than paintings
  3. Collaborative works where Van Uden painted landscapes and other artists added figures appear on the market; provenance and condition affect value
  4. Medium (oil on panel vs canvas, drawing, engraving), dimensions, subject matter, condition, and documented provenance all affect appraisal

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack did not include specific auction-house results or realized-price records; valuation observations are drawn from biographical context only
  • Some authority records list his death year as 1673 rather than 1672, which may affect cataloguing

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

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