# Luigi Martinati artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/luigi-martinati/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:56:37.041Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Italian
- Common media: Painting, Illustration, Advertising work

## Portrait

![Luigi Martinati](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/0/04/Martinati2.jpg)
Luigi Martinati · see-source-page
Source: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Martinati

## About Luigi Martinati

Luigi Martinati (1893–1983) was an Italian painter, illustrator, and advertising professional. The collected public identity evidence is concise: Wikidata identifies him as an Italian painter and supplies his life years, while Italian Wikipedia describes his activity across illustration, advertising, and painting. The available sources do not establish a movement, school, signature subject, or named series, so those associations should not be inferred. Collectors may encounter Martinati's name in connection with paintings and illustrative or advertising work. Appraisily's matched auction index also groups records under broad categories spanning fine art, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These labels assist discovery but do not identify the medium or authorship of a particular object. Individual works require object-level study of materials, date, dimensions, inscriptions, condition, provenance, and attribution evidence.

## Common works and media

The identity sources associate Martinati with painting, illustration, and advertising work. Appraisily's auction index additionally groups matched records under paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Because the collected evidence does not provide a verified medium-by-medium catalogue, the broader auction categories should be treated as discovery signals rather than proof that every listed work type forms an established part of his production.

## Market and appraisal context

Luigi Martinati auction results should be compared at the object level rather than treated as a single price benchmark. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, and confidence in the attribution. Comparable public sales are most useful when the objects share those characteristics. Appraisily's index uses broad categories, some of which may contain only sparse or heterogeneous evidence, so a category label alone should not determine value. Public auction data can also omit private transactions and may reflect later changes in attribution. A current appraisal should therefore reconcile the physical object with appropriately similar, recent public records.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Object-level attribution, condition, provenance, and record completeness still require review.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16574283
- Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Martinati
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/luigi-martinati/