Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg Auction Prices and Value Guide
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 251 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg auction prices: quick answer
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
- Source records
- 251
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg market snapshot
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg shows developing auction liquidity with 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-02-25.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (16.7% · 4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (62.5% · 15 sales)
- $10,000+ (20.8% · 5 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,400
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-02-25
Artist context
About Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
Born
1740
Died
1812
Nationality
British, French
Also known as
Philip James de Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, Philipp Jakob Loutherbourg der Jüngere
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740–1812), also widely known as Philip James de Loutherbourg, was a French-born British painter of Swiss descent. His international identity is reflected in the French, English, and German forms of his name preserved by library and art-authority records. Loutherbourg is associated especially with landscape and naval painting, but his practice extended beyond easel pictures to printmaking and theatrical design. In London, he became known for elaborate stage environments and devised the Eidophusikon, a mechanical theatre that produced changing scenic effects. Collectors may therefore encounter his name across several kinds of material rather than one uniform body of work, including painted landscapes, marine or naval subjects, etchings, aquatints, and theatre-related designs. Accurate entity matching matters because auction catalogues, museum records, and historical references may identify him as Philippe Jacques, Philippe-Jacques, Philip James, or another established variant.
PaintingEtchingAquatintTheatrical set designLandscapesNaval scenes
Common works and media
Collection and auction records may describe landscape paintings, naval or marine compositions, etchings, aquatints, and designs associated with theatrical scenery. Searches should include both Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg and Philip James de Loutherbourg, along with established hyphenated and German-language variants when researching attribution or comparable records.
Market and appraisal context
Appraising a work attributed to Loutherbourg begins with identifying its medium, subject, date, and catalogued attribution. Paintings, prints, and theatre-related designs should not be treated as interchangeable markets, while landscapes may call for different comparable records from naval scenes. Useful public auction comparisons align as closely as possible on work type, subject, attribution status, dimensions, condition, provenance, sale date, and realized price. The supplied data indicates a substantial auction-record presence for the artist, but the source pack does not expose individual lots or support a price forecast. A defensible valuation therefore depends on verified object details and closely matched public sales rather than the artist's name alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Landscape paintings
- Naval paintings
- Etchings and aquatints
- Theatre-related designs
Value drivers
- Medium and work type should be matched because the documented practice includes paintings, prints, and theatrical designs.
- Subject matter should be considered when selecting comparable records, particularly when distinguishing landscapes from naval scenes.
- Established French, English, and German name forms should be considered during attribution and auction-record research.
- Comparable records should be aligned by medium, subject, catalogued attribution, sale date, and realized price when those details are available.
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack does not contain fetched major-auction-house biographies or individual lot records, so it does not support price forecasts or market-trend claims.
- Condition, dimensions, provenance, signature evidence, attribution status, and edition details may be relevant to an appraisal, but the collected sources do not establish their artist-specific market effects.
- The artist input reports 251 associated auction records, but the individual records were not included in the source pack.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg 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 Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.