# Karel DuJardin artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/karel-dujardin/ Profile generated: 2026-05-07T03:55:00.000Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Nationality: Dutch - Movements: Dutch Golden Age, Italianate landscape painting - Common media: oil painting, etching, drawing, decorative interior painting ## About Karel DuJardin Karel DuJardin (1622–1678) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draftsman celebrated for his refined Italianate landscapes. Active during the seventeenth century, DuJardin spent two extended periods in Italy—at the outset and near the end of his career—and this experience deeply shaped his artistic vision. While he occasionally produced portraits and religious history paintings, the majority of his output consists of small, elegantly composed landscape scenes featuring animals, peasants, and pastoral settings bathed in warm Mediterranean light. His landscape etchings likewise reflect a distinctly Italian sensibility. The RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History records him as a North Netherlandish decorative painter of interiors, print artist, painter, and draftsperson, underscoring the breadth of his practice. Today collectors and scholars recognize DuJardin as one of the more accomplished Italianate landscapists of the Dutch Golden Age. ## Common works and media DuJardin is most commonly represented at auction by small oil-on-panel or oil-on-canvas Italianate landscape paintings depicting pastoral scenes with livestock, herdsmen, and rural architecture set against rolling hills. He also produced landscape etchings in notable quantity, many with Italian settings, which circulate widely in the prints market. A smaller number of portraits, religious subjects, and decorative interior paintings are attributed to him. Drawings in chalk, wash, and ink appear less frequently but are held in major museum collections. ## Market and appraisal context Karel DuJardin's auction market is active and well-established, with 174 lots tracked by Appraisily across nearly three decades (1997–2026). Of those, 87 carry realized prices. The price distribution is wide and strongly tiered by medium and attribution. Prints and etchings dominate the lower end, typically realizing between $12 and $300, while autograph oil paintings—especially the refined Italianate landscapes for which DuJardin is celebrated—command significantly more. The median price across all priced lots is $850, with the 75th percentile at $5,000 and the maximum at $63,650. A standout recent result is the £50,000 realized at Bonhams in July 2025 for an Italianate river landscape with herders and animals by a bridge, confirming that top-tier paintings remain highly sought after. Liquidity has increased: 16 lots appeared in the most recent 12 months compared with 9 in the prior 12 months. Major houses handling DuJardin include Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Dorotheum, and Tajan, alongside numerous regional firms. A notable portion of recent lots are copies after, follower works, or attributions, which trade at substantially lower levels than securely attributed paintings. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence Karel DuJardin's auction market is active and well-established, with 174 lots tracked by Appraisily across nearly three decades (1997–2026). Of those, 87 carry realized prices. The price distribution is wide and strongly tiered by medium and attribution. Prints and etchings dominate the lower end, typically realizing between $12 and $300, while autograph oil paintings—especially the refined Italianate landscapes for which DuJardin is celebrated—command significantly more. The median price across all priced lots is $850, with the 75th percentile at $5,000 and the maximum at $63,650. A standout recent result is the £50,000 realized at Bonhams in July 2025 for an Italianate river landscape with herders and animals by a bridge, confirming that top-tier paintings remain highly sought after. Liquidity has increased: 16 lots appeared in the most recent 12 months compared with 9 in the prior 12 months. Major houses handling DuJardin include Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Dorotheum, and Tajan, alongside numerous regional firms. A notable portion of recent lots are copies after, follower works, or attributions, which trade at substantially lower levels than securely attributed paintings. ### Appraisal notes Appraisily would use these 174 auction records as a comparable-sales foundation, filtering by medium (oil painting vs. etching vs. drawing), attribution status (autograph, attributed, follower, after), dimensions, subject matter, and condition. For an appraisal submission, the owner should supply clear photographs (front, back, signature details, any labels or inscriptions), exact dimensions, medium confirmation, provenance history, and any condition reports or conservation records. The wide price dispersion—$12 to $63,650—means that attribution quality and medium are the single most consequential value drivers. An autograph Italianate landscape oil on panel or canvas by DuJardin with strong provenance and good condition would be positioned against the upper quartile and above, while etchings, copies, or attributed works fall into the lower range. The Bonhams July 2025 result (£50,000 GBP) and the recorded maximum ($63,650) serve as the strongest recent comparables for prime paintings. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - A significant proportion of recent auction lots are copies after, follower works, or attributions rather than securely autograph works. These trade at much lower levels and should not be used as comparables for authenticated paintings. - The birth year is disputed in scholarship (1622 vs. 1626/1628), which appears in lot cataloguing and can complicate dating of early works and attribution arguments. - The maximum recorded price of $63,650 and the Bonhams July 2025 result of £50,000 GBP represent top-tier autograph paintings; the median of $850 reflects the dominance of prints and lower-attribution works in the data. - Price figures come from Appraisily's auction record index derived from public auction feeds. Currency conversion is not applied; lots are recorded in their original currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, CAD), so direct comparison requires adjusting for exchange rates. - The 174-lot sample spans 1997–2026. Earlier results may not reflect current market conditions for Old Masters, which have seen sector-specific shifts in demand. ### Market evidence sources - undefined: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/karel-dujardin/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karel-dujardin-amsterdam-circa-1622-1678-venice-an-italianate-river-landscape-with-herders-and-animals-by-a-bridge-70-c-18b434d96c - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karel-dujardin-20-c-8704931a2c - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karel-dujardin-etching-1244-c-2060079e28 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karel-dujardin-etching-1103-c-e23b37d527 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-kopie-nach-karel-dujardin-498-c-34ff94c8ca - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karel-dujardin-c-1626-1678-after-pendant-oil-on-canvas-peasants-listening-to-a-musician-and-peasants-drinking-outside-the-tavern-signed-243-c-eb5d89cfe0 - undefined: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-karel-dujardin-1622-1678-genre-44-c-4ce49b68a7 ## Appraisily data basis This Appraisily artist page combines structured identity research from authority files and scholarly sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Biographical data is drawn from Wikidata, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. ## Sources - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719666 - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Dujardin - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr99035020 - RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/24701 - VIAF / OCLC: https://viaf.org/viaf/305405831/