# Cornelis Raaphorst artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/cornelis-raaphorst/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:30:05.545Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch
- Common media: Oil on canvas

## About Cornelis Raaphorst

Cornelis Raaphorst (1875–1954) was a Dutch artist and painter whose identity is supported by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and other public authority records. These records establish his name, nationality, and lifespan, but the collected source material does not securely document his training, affiliations, or association with a particular movement. Appraisily's public market index matches his name to 219 auction records, including 136 priced records, which explains why collectors may encounter Raaphorst in auction and appraisal contexts. One collected Wikimedia Commons record describes an oil-on-canvas composition featuring five kittens, suggesting an animal subject, but a single user-contributed image is not sufficient to define his complete body of work. Objects attributed to Raaphorst should therefore be assessed through the work itself, including its medium, subject, dimensions, signature, condition, provenance, and relationship to closely comparable public sales.

## Common works and media

The collected evidence supports painting more clearly than other work types. A Wikimedia Commons record describes a composition of kittens executed in oil on canvas. Appraisily's auction taxonomy also contains works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions, but those broad labels are not sufficiently specific to confirm that each category is characteristic of Raaphorst's output. For appraisal, verify the stated medium, support, dimensions, subject, signature, inscriptions, and condition against securely attributed examples and comparable auction lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's collected market index reports 219 matched records and 136 priced records spanning 1991–2026, with an observed realized-price range of approximately $2 to $15,007. These figures describe aggregated public records, not a price forecast for an individual object. A useful comparison should align medium, size, subject, date, condition, attribution, and provenance as closely as possible. Signatures, inscriptions, restoration, exhibition history, and catalogue references can also affect confidence and comparability. Broad category labels in the current index should be treated cautiously because they do not establish which media were central to Raaphorst's career. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, reporting differences, and revised attributions may fall outside the available record set.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Aggregated market data is evidence for further appraisal research, not a substitute for inspecting and attributing the individual work.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37506437
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96511652/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500110713
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/cornelis-raaphorst/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CornelisRaaphorst777.JPG