# Jacopo Amigoni artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Italian
- Movements: Late Baroque, Rococo
- Common media: oil painting, printmaking / engraving, drawing

## About Jacopo Amigoni

Jacopo Amigoni (1682–1752) was an Italian painter, engraver, and draftsman associated with the late Baroque and Rococo movements. Born in Naples and trained in the Venetian tradition, Amigoni built a career that spanned much of Europe, producing portraits and decorative works for aristocratic and royal patrons in Italy, Germany, England, and Spain. His elegantly composed portraits, characterized by rich color and refined handling, were highly sought after by the courts of his era. Amigoni eventually settled in Madrid, where he served as a court painter until his death. Collectors today encounter his work in museum collections and at auction, particularly in the categories of Old Master paintings, drawings, and prints.

## Common works and media

Oil-on-canvas portraits of aristocratic and royal sitters are the most commonly encountered Amigoni works at auction. He also produced mythological and allegorical compositions, decorative ceiling and wall paintings (often still in situ), preparatory drawings in pen, ink, and wash, and engravings after his own designs or those of contemporaries. Prints and drawings attributed to his hand or workshop appear with some regularity in Old Master sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Amigoni's works appear at auction primarily as Old Master paintings, drawings, and engravings. Valuation depends heavily on secure attribution, condition, provenance, and whether the subject is an identifiable historical figure. Works with documented royal or noble provenance tend to command stronger results. Because Amigoni worked across several European countries, his paintings surface in a range of national auction markets. Some authority records list his birth year as circa 1675 or circa 1685, and cataloguing practices may reflect that variation.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines published artist-identity research from museum, library-authority, and scholarly sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380897
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacopo_Amigoni
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500016473
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/30333378/
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/giacomo-amiconi-7
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/1539
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85017708