# Andreas Cellarius artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/andreas-cellarius/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:41:46.626Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch, German
- Common media: Cartography, Celestial atlas design

## About Andreas Cellarius

The collected encyclopedia source identifies Andreas Cellarius as a Dutch–German cartographer and cosmographer best known for Harmonia Macrocosmica, a star atlas published in 1660. His name is therefore encountered primarily in connection with historical cartography, astronomy, cosmology, and visual explanations of celestial systems rather than with a conventional fine-art movement. Collectors may see his name attached to atlas material or imagery derived from this influential cosmographical project. The available identity evidence nevertheless requires caution: the Wikidata record collected by the research harness describes a person who lived from 1656 to 1702, a chronology incompatible with authorship of a work published in 1660. That record may concern another person with the same name. Until a stronger museum, library, or scholarly authority record resolves the discrepancy, exact life dates and biographical details should not be assigned to this artist page.

## Common works and media

The available evidence most securely associates Andreas Cellarius with cartographic and cosmographical material, particularly Harmonia Macrocosmica and its presentation of astronomy and celestial systems. Items bearing his name may be catalogued broadly as maps, atlas material, or celestial imagery. The source pack does not establish whether a particular object is an original atlas component, a later impression, a reproduction, or a derivative work, so those distinctions should be verified object by object.

## Market and appraisal context

Material associated with Cellarius may appear in map, atlas, celestial-chart, or works-on-paper contexts, but the collected source pack does not contain accessible auction-lot descriptions or realized-price evidence. A responsible appraisal should first establish the object's identity and its documented relationship to Harmonia Macrocosmica. Edition, date, format, completeness, condition, provenance, later reproduction, and attribution may require specialist examination, but this source pack does not establish artist-specific conclusions about those factors. The conflicting authority record also makes precise entity matching especially important. No price trend, scarcity claim, or value prediction can be supported from the available excerpts alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Here, the collected identity and market evidence is limited and contains an unresolved authority-record conflict.

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Cellarius
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111489537
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/202144783072084896318/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/andreas-cellarius/