# Jan van Heel artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jan-van-heel/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:09:56.421Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch

## Portrait

![Jan van Heel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Talensprijs%2C_Bestanddeelnr_091-0696.jpg/1280px-Talensprijs%2C_Bestanddeelnr_091-0696.jpg)
Hugo van Gelderen / Anefo · CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Talensprijs,_Bestanddeelnr_091-0696.jpg

## About Jan van Heel

Jan van Heel, formally Johannes Jacobus van Heel, was a Dutch painter who lived from 1898 to 1990. Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, and RKD connect the name with the same twentieth-century artist, providing a useful foundation for distinguishing his records from those of similarly named people. The collected sources do not provide enough substantive art-historical material to assign him confidently to a particular movement, document his training, or outline distinct periods and series. Collectors nevertheless encounter his name regularly in public-auction data: Appraisily's matched index currently covers 229 lots dated from 2000 through 2025, including 135 records with reported prices. These records place his work across several broad auction groupings, led by fine art and paintings and works on paper or prints. Individual objects still require close examination because broad name matching and category labels do not establish authorship, medium, date, or authenticity.

## Common works and media

The collected auction index groups Jan van Heel records under fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These are broad market classifications, not a definitive catalogue of his practice. For appraisal purposes, confirm the object's actual medium, support, dimensions, technique, signature or inscriptions, edition status where relevant, date, condition, and attribution before selecting comparable lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public-auction index records 229 Jan van Heel lots, including 135 priced results from 2000 through 2025. The page reports a median realized result near $1,200 and notes that many recorded outcomes fall between approximately $550 and $2,250, but these figures are descriptive rather than predictive. A useful comparison should align medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, attribution confidence, provenance, and any edition information. Exhibition history and catalogue references may also help distinguish otherwise similar objects. Reported auction totals are not always presented on the same fee basis, while private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution revisions may be absent. A final appraisal therefore requires object-specific evidence and carefully selected comparable sales.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with matched public-auction data, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964962
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/42642533/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500341069
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96015673
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/36834
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Heel
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jan-van-heel/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Talensprijs,_Bestanddeelnr_091-0696.jpg