Wouterus Verschuur Auction Prices and Value Guide

Wouterus Verschuur auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 340 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Wouterus Verschuur
Source records
340
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About Wouterus Verschuur

Wouterus Verschuur (1812–1874) was a Dutch painter, watercolorist, lithographer, and draftsman active in Amsterdam and later in Vorden, Gelderland. He is recognized as one of the later representatives of Romanticism in Dutch art, specializing in animal subjects — particularly horses — set within carefully observed landscapes and stable interiors. Verschuur trained and worked in Amsterdam, where the tradition of animalier painting had deep roots in Dutch Golden Age art, and he brought that lineage into a nineteenth-century Romantic sensibility. His paintings are held in major public collections and documented by the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD). Collectors encounter his work at auction primarily as oil-on-panel or oil-on-canvas horse portraits and pastoral landscape scenes.

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Common works and media

Oil paintings on panel and canvas depicting horses in stables, pastures, and rural landscapes are Verschuur's most characteristic output. He also produced watercolors, drawings, and lithographs of animal and pastoral subjects. Works are often signed with variants of his name, including 'W. Verschuur.' Horse portraits — including specific breeds such as Belgian draft horses — landscape compositions with cattle or figures, and coaching or equestrian scenes represent common subject categories that appear in appraisal and auction contexts.

Market and appraisal context

Verschuur's oil paintings of horses in stable interiors and pastoral landscapes are the works most frequently encountered at auction. Condition, provenance, size, and the quality of animal rendering all affect collector interest. Works with solid RKD documentation or clear exhibition history tend to carry stronger attribution confidence. His son, Wouter Verschuur (jr.), was also an active painter, so careful distinction of authorship is important when evaluating unsigned or lightly documented works.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
  • Dutch & Flemish Art

Value drivers

  1. Subject matter — horse and stable scenes command the strongest collector interest among Verschuur's oeuvre
  2. Medium — oil paintings on panel or canvas are the primary auction format; watercolors and drawings appear less frequently
  3. Provenance — documented exhibition history or RKD-catalogued works strengthen attribution confidence
  4. Attribution — works are sometimes signed 'W. Verschuur'; confirmed signature and RKD documentation support attribution

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack does not include specific auction-house records or realized prices; market context is inferred from the artist's known output, mediums, and subject categories.
  • Verschuur's son, Wouter Verschuur (jr.), was also a painter; works should be carefully distinguished from those of his son.

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

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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