# Christophe Fratin artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:13:34.604Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Movements: Romantic sculpture, Animalier tradition
- Common media: Bronze sculpture

## Portrait

![Christophe Fratin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Fratin.Miroire_drolatique.jpg/1280px-Fratin.Miroire_drolatique.jpg)
Universdubronze · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fratin.Miroire_drolatique.jpg

## About Christophe Fratin

Christophe Fratin (1801–1864) was a French sculptor born in Metz and associated with Romantic sculpture and the animalier tradition. English-language records may identify him as Christopher Fratin, an important name variant when matching catalogues, collection records, and auction listings. Reference sources connect his practice particularly with sculptural representations of animals, including works in bronze. Bibliographic authority data also associates his name with decorative objects and Romantic sculpture. Working in nineteenth-century France, Fratin belongs to an early generation of French sculptors recognized for treating animals as principal sculptural subjects. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on animal bronzes, decorative sculptural objects, or records using different forms of his first name. Appraisily indexes hundreds of auction records associated with this artist entity, making careful identity resolution important. A signature or catalogue attribution should always be considered alongside the physical characteristics and documentary history of the individual object.

## Common works and media

Reference sources identify Fratin with animalier sculpture and specifically document animals represented in bronze. Bibliographic authority data also connects his name with decorative objects and Romantic sculpture. Auction and appraisal records may use either Christophe Fratin or Christopher Fratin, so researchers should check both name forms when locating related works and comparables.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal begins by determining whether an object and its documentation support an attribution to Christophe Fratin or the alternate name Christopher Fratin. For animal sculpture, useful public comparables should resemble the object in medium and subject, with sale date, realized price, and auction context considered together when those details are available. Appraisily indexes hundreds of records associated with this artist, but record volume does not establish authenticity, rarity, condition, or present value. Comparables should be selected for object-level similarity rather than an artist-name match alone, and historical realized prices should not be treated as forecasts. Because the collected source pack does not expose individual lot details, it supports market orientation rather than a price conclusion.

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## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/073349984
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2966244
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500026936
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Fratin
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe_Fratin
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/christophe-fratin/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fratin.Miroire_drolatique.jpg