# Jan Knikker artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jan-knikker/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:28:53.261Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch
- Common media: Painting

## About Jan Knikker

Jan Knikker is the public name used here for Jan Simon Knikker, identified by Wikidata as a Dutch painter who lived from 1911 to 1990. The collected authority linkage also points to an RKDartists record, although that profile could not be retrieved during this research run. The available evidence therefore supports a basic identity and painting context, but not a specific movement, training history, regional school, subject specialty, or named series. Collectors may encounter works attributed to Knikker in auction listings: the Appraisily input for this page groups 202 records under the artist name. That total is a catalog signal rather than proof about any individual object. Because the public source pack is unusually thin, object descriptions and attributions should be checked against the underlying auction record and, where possible, stronger institutional or scholarly documentation.

## Common works and media

Painting is the only work type supported by the collected identity evidence. The source pack does not reliably establish preferred materials, subjects, editions, signature forms, named series, or whether drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, or posters commonly circulate under this artist’s name.

## Market and appraisal context

The available sources do not support a price trend or typical value range for Jan Knikker. An appraisal should begin with the exact object and its attribution, medium, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, and supporting documentation, then compare it with genuinely similar public auction records. The collected Appraisily input indicates a substantial group of catalog records, but the source pack does not reveal their distribution by work type, subject, size, period, or sale result. Realized prices should therefore be interpreted from the underlying lots rather than from the artist-level count alone. Identity should also be reconciled with the authority record for Jan Simon Knikker, the Dutch painter who lived from 1911 to 1990.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and auction-house context. When available, underlying records provide sale dates, realized prices, descriptions, and comparable lots; each object still requires individual review.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41332385
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/45062
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jan-knikker/