# José Montenegro Capell artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:55:53.285Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Spanish
- Movements: Spanish costumbrista painting
- Common media: Oil on canvas, Oil on panel

## About José Montenegro Capell

José Montenegro Capell is identified by Wikidata as a Spanish painter and is associated in the available biographical material with Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz. The surviving public description places his work within Spanish costumbrista painting, particularly landscapes near Jerez and scenes of everyday life. Collected artwork records also document oil views of Seville landmarks and interiors, including the Giralda from the Patio de Banderas and the Patio de las Muñecas in the Alcázar. A painting titled Alrededores de Jerez, dated 1893, is reported in the Bellver collection, while another Bellver record describes an 1891 oil on panel. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter regional Andalusian scenes and architectural views in oil. Public biographical documentation in this source set remains limited, and exact birth and death dates were not established. Artwork records also vary between the spellings Capell and Cappell, making careful identity verification important.

## Common works and media

Publicly documented examples include oil paintings on canvas and panel. Recurring subjects in the collected material are Andalusian landscapes, everyday scenes, courtyards, urban views, and recognizable architecture in Jerez de la Frontera and Seville. No reliable evidence for prints, editions, sculpture, ceramics, or other production categories was found in the source pack.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by confirming the artist's identity through the signature, inscriptions, provenance, and comparison with documented works. Date, subject, support, material quality, and condition may be especially relevant because the collected biography distinguishes between periods of the artist's production and reports concerns about the materials used for some later works. Regional subjects connected with Jerez or Seville can be compared with known architectural and landscape examples. The supplied Appraisily signal indicates substantial auction-directory coverage, but the source pack does not expose individual realized prices or establish whether every record is unique. A valuation should therefore rely on verified comparable lots with relevant sale dates, dimensions, media, subjects, condition, and attribution rather than on the directory count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27825441
- Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Montenegro_Capell
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500036253
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95907661/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jose-montenegro-capell/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Patio_de_Banderas_y_la_Giralda,_Sevilla_by_Jos%C3%A9_Montenegro_Cappell,_1882.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Giralda_desde_el_Patio_de_Banderas,_Jos%C3%A9_Montenegro_Capell.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Patio_de_las_Mu%C3%B1ecas_del_Alc%C3%A1zar_de_Sevilla,_Jos%C3%A9_Montenegro_Capell.jpg