# Johann Jakob Haid artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1704-01-23
- Death date: 1767-11-23
- Nationality: German
- Movements: 18th-century German printmaking tradition (Augsburg school)
- Common media: Engraving (copperplate), Painting, Porcelain painting

## About Johann Jakob Haid

Johann Jakob Haid (1704–1767) was a German engraver, painter, and print publisher active in Augsburg during the first half of the eighteenth century. Born into a well-established family of printmakers, he trained and worked alongside his brother Johann Gottfried Haid and later directed the workshop that employed his son Johann Elias Haid. Haid's output centered on copperplate engravings, including portrait plates and reproductive prints after paintings by leading artists of the period. He also worked as a porcelain painter, reflecting Augsburg's broader decorative-arts culture. His prints circulated widely across Central Europe and are held in major museum and library print rooms today. Collectors encounter Haid's work primarily through Old Master print sales, where his portraits and reproductive engravings appear with some regularity.

## Common works and media

Common works include copperplate portrait engravings of contemporary scholars, clerics, and nobility, as well as reproductive prints after paintings by other artists. Haid also produced porcelain-painted pieces and occasional oil paintings. The majority of surviving works are small-to-medium format engravings on laid paper, often bearing his signature or workshop inscription.

## Market and appraisal context

Johann Jakob Haid's engravings appear on the market under the Old Master Prints category, and his paintings surface less frequently in Old Master Paintings sales. Value depends on impression quality, plate condition, paper type, and whether the work is an early pull or a later re-strike from the same plate. Attribution can be complicated by the family workshop structure, as Johann Gottfried and Johann Elias Haid produced closely related work. Collectors should look for clear cataloguing, plate signatures or inscriptions, and chain of provenance when assessing any Haid print.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum and library authority files with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Johann Jakob Haid, identity data is drawn from the RKD, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata authority records.

## Sources

- RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/423894
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/27330078/
- Wikimedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1694808
- Getty Research Institute: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500034394
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jacob_Haid
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82250571