# Gerard Jozef Portielje artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1856-02-04
- Death date: 1929-05-18
- Nationality: Belgian
- Movements: Belgian genre painting
- Common media: oil on canvas, oil on panel

## About Gerard Jozef Portielje

Gerard Jozef Portielje (1856–1929) was a Belgian painter born in Antwerp who specialized in genre scenes depicting everyday life. Trained in the longstanding tradition of Belgian figurative painting, Portielje produced works that captured domestic interiors, social gatherings, and leisurely pursuits with detailed realism and warm tonal handling. His paintings reflect the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European taste for anecdotal genre subjects. Portielje died in Remich, Luxembourg, in 1929. His birth certificate records his full name as Gerardus Josephus Portielje. With over 130 documented works in the RKD image archive alone, his output was substantial, and his paintings continue to circulate in the European and North American auction markets.

## Common works and media

Portielje is best known for cabinet-sized and medium-format oil paintings of genre subjects: domestic interiors, card players, musical gatherings, tavern scenes, and figures in period costume. Works are typically executed in oil on canvas or oil on panel. He does not appear to have produced lithographs, sculptures, or prints in significant numbers; the auction and museum record is dominated by paintings.

## Market and appraisal context

Portielje's works appear regularly at auction, predominantly as oil-on-canvas or oil-on-panel genre scenes. Appraisal value depends on subject complexity, canvas or panel dimensions, condition, provenance, and the quality of attribution. Collectors should verify authenticity against RKD documentation or published catalogue references, as Portielje shares a surname with other painters in the same family. Comparable public auction results should be consulted before estimating market value, as realized prices vary significantly by size, subject, and condition.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines identity research grounded in Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, and Wikidata authority records with available auction-house context, sale records, and comparable lot data. When Appraisily holds auction results for Gerard Jozef Portielje, those records inform the market-context summary above.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/64375
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500095087
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96379807/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2326773
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Portielje