# Johann Heinrich Lips artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:36:04.095Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Swiss
- Common media: Copperplate engraving, Drawing, Painting

## Portrait

![Johann Heinrich Lips](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/JohannHeinrichLips.jpg)
Johann Heinrich Lips · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohannHeinrichLips.jpg

## About Johann Heinrich Lips

Johann Heinrich Lips (1758–1817) was a Swiss copperplate engraver, draughtsperson, and painter whose surviving public identity is especially associated with portraiture. His career spans the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when engraved and drawn likenesses circulated images of notable people to a broad audience. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name on portrait engravings and other works on paper, although authority records also recognize his activity in drawing and painting. An original drawing, a painted work, an engraving made by Lips, and an impression printed from one of his plates are related but distinct object types. Stable records maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Art help distinguish him from similarly named makers. Appraisily’s artist directory provides an additional route into the public auction record associated with his work.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records for Lips are most plausibly associated with copperplate engravings, particularly portrait prints. Drawings and other works on paper may also appear, while paintings are documented as part of his practice but are less clearly represented in the collected market evidence. Cataloguing should distinguish an original image from an engraved interpretation and should avoid treating every impression from a plate as equivalent.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal begins by identifying the object type: an original drawing or painting should not be compared directly with a printed impression. For engravings, the portrait subject and the reliability of the sitter identification can help narrow relevant comparisons. Attribution should be checked against established authority records because cataloguing variations may fragment results under different names or descriptions. When suitable public auction records are available, the most useful comparisons are closely related works matched by medium, subject, format, sale date, and catalogued attribution. The collected evidence does not establish edition sizes, printing states, plate histories, or object-specific condition, and it does not support a general price forecast.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Evidence gaps are retained rather than replaced with unsupported market assumptions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1384162
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG35947
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.26744.html
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500009780
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54347880/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90024872
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Lips
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Lips
- Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%81%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/johann-heinrich-lips/