# Jan Rijlaarsdam artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jan-rijlaarsdam/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:38:44.886Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Works on paper and prints, Paintings

## About Jan Rijlaarsdam

Jan Rijlaarsdam (1911–2007) is recorded in international artist-authority systems maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, ISNI, and the Netherlands Institute for Art History. VIAF identifies him as a draughtsman and associates his authority record with works titled for Amsterdam locations, old Amsterdam, Nijmegen, and a caravan camp near Hilversum. These references suggest that Dutch places and urban or observed environments are useful contexts for approaching works attributed to him, although the collected sources do not establish a formal movement or a complete chronology. Collectors encounter Rijlaarsdam through a substantial body of matched public-auction records as well as through library and art-historical authority files. Because the available institutional material is principally identifiers and brief catalogue metadata, individual works should be assessed through their own medium, subject, inscriptions, provenance, condition, and relationship to securely attributed examples rather than through a broad stylistic label alone.

## Common works and media

Auction records place works attributed to Jan Rijlaarsdam mainly within paintings and works on paper or prints, while some entries appear under broader sculpture, mixed-media, decorative-art, and edition classifications. Library-authority metadata names works connected with Amsterdam streets and historic city views, Nijmegen, and a caravan camp near Hilversum. The source pack does not establish a definitive medium-by-medium catalogue, so the category, technique, support, signature, inscriptions, and edition status of any submitted work should be checked directly.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s artist index reports public-auction activity for Rijlaarsdam across paintings, works on paper and prints, with additional records assigned to broader mixed-media, sculpture, decorative-art, and edition categories. Those groupings are broad and should be verified against the individual lot. Useful comparisons match the work’s medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, signature or inscriptions, and attribution status. Provenance, restoration, exhibition history, catalogue references, and edition details may also affect how a work compares with prior sales. Public results do not capture every private transaction, and reported prices may treat buyer’s premiums differently, so an auction result is evidence for appraisal rather than an automatic valuation.

## 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. Records may be incomplete and should be interpreted alongside attribution, provenance, condition, and object-specific evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29552365
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500166391
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/172258773/
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000122496148
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/66975
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jan-rijlaarsdam/