# Jean Pierre Laurent artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-pierre-laurent/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:28:54.242Z
Quality: low confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Common media: Painting, Engraving

## About Jean Pierre Laurent

Jean Pierre Laurent is listed in the collected Wikidata record as a French painter and engraver who lived from 1777 to 1813. The available public evidence is not sufficient for a fuller biography. In particular, authority identifiers discovered with that record lead to Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël, a different French painter and engraver born in 1735. Getty ULAN, VIAF, IdRef, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France all describe Houël rather than Laurent. This page therefore treats Laurent's identity as provisional and does not import Houël's training, memberships, travels, subjects, or publications. Collectors may encounter paintings or engravings catalogued simply under “Jean Pierre Laurent,” but those records need individual review before they can be assembled into a dependable body of work. Appraisily retains the public Laurent identity while flagging this authority collision so that future museum, library, or auction-house evidence can refine it safely.

## Common works and media

The collected evidence supports only two broad work types for Jean Pierre Laurent: paintings and engravings. It does not establish characteristic subjects, named series, print editions, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, or other categories. Any work offered under this name should be checked carefully against its catalogue entry and supporting attribution before being grouped with other Laurent records.

## Market and appraisal context

Attribution confidence is the central market consideration for works assigned to Jean Pierre Laurent. Comparable sales should be limited to public auction records that can be connected securely to the artist listed as living from 1777 to 1813, rather than to Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houël. Paintings and engravings should also be evaluated as separate work types because the limited identity source names both practices. Until catalogued works or substantive auction-house records are available, the evidence does not support conclusions about favored subjects, distinct periods, rarity, edition size, price direction, or a representative value range.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine cautious artist-identity research with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For this identity, authority conflicts must be resolved before those records can support dependable comparisons.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2706271
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500028641
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/9945691/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/033795274
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12462114t
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.11470.html
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jean-pierre-laurent/