# Corneille de la Haye artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/corneille-de-la-haye/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:33:59.833Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch, French
- Movements: Renaissance
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Corneille de la Haye](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Corneille_de_Lyon_-_Self-portrait_%28copy_attributed_to_Claude_Mellan%2C_Albertina_inv_no_32802%29.jpg)
Attributed to Claude Mellan / After Corneille de Lyon · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corneille_de_Lyon_-_Self-portrait_(copy_attributed_to_Claude_Mellan,_Albertina_inv_no_32802).jpg

## About Corneille de la Haye

Corneille de la Haye, commonly known as Corneille de Lyon, was a Dutch-born portrait painter active in Lyon, France, from 1533 until his death around 1574–1575. Dutch-language sources also describe him as later French and working at the courts of Henry II and Charles IX, while German-language reference material places him within the Renaissance. These varying national labels reflect a career spanning Netherlandish origins and French activity rather than a different artist. Collectors most often encounter his name in connection with portraiture, and catalogues may use either Corneille de la Haye or Corneille de Lyon. Historical attribution requires care: a documented likeness in the source pack is itself a later copy attributed to Claude Mellan after Corneille, illustrating how an image associated with the artist may not be by his hand. Appraisily therefore treats name normalization, attribution wording, and the evidence attached to each object as central to matching auction records and evaluating comparable works.

## Common works and media

The evidence consistently identifies Corneille as a painter of portraits, so portrait paintings are the primary work type to expect under this entity. Catalogues may also surface later copies or likenesses derived from his images; the selected documented likeness, for example, is a drawing attributed to Claude Mellan after Corneille. Such derivative material should remain distinct from works catalogued as autograph.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, begin by confirming whether the catalogue identifies the maker as Corneille de Lyon or Corneille de la Haye, or describes the image as a later copy or another form of attribution. That distinction is especially important because the collected portrait evidence includes a work attributed to Claude Mellan after Corneille rather than an autograph self-portrait. Once identity and attribution are normalized, compare like with like across public auction records, using sale date, realized price, and the auction house’s catalogue description. The present source pack does not expose lot-level measurements, condition reports, supports, or price histories, so it does not support a price forecast. Those object-specific details should be verified before selecting comparable lots.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine normalized artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Gaps and attribution conflicts are retained rather than converted into unsupported conclusions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720941
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1166.html
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG23658
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115387
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/corneille-de-lyon-claude-1510c-1574
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_de_Lyon
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_de_la_Haye
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_de_Lyon
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corneille_de_Lyon_-_Self-portrait_(copy_attributed_to_Claude_Mellan,_Albertina_inv_no_32802).jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/corneille-de-la-haye/