# Michel-Jean Cazabon artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:26:10.137Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Trinidadian
- Common media: Painting

## About Michel-Jean Cazabon

Michel-Jean Cazabon (1813–1888) was a Trinidadian painter associated with images of nineteenth-century Trinidad. Public authority records establish his identity and occupation, while the collected biography emphasizes two bodies of work commonly connected with his name: paintings of Trinidadian scenery and portraits of planters, merchants, and their families. These pictures are encountered both as works of art and as visual records of places, people, and social life during the period. Cazabon is also described as Trinidad’s first internationally known artist, although that characterization comes from the collected Wikipedia biography rather than a museum essay or catalogue raisonné. His identity is nevertheless represented across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Library of Congress authority systems. Collectors examining a work attributed to Cazabon should first confirm that the artist identity, work type, and subject align with documented material before comparing it with relevant public auction records.

## Common works and media

The collected biography identifies paintings as Cazabon’s characteristic works, especially views of Trinidadian scenery and portraits of planters, merchants, and their families. The source pack does not provide adequate evidence for separate categories such as prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or editioned works, so those forms should not be presented as common without further research.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin with the object itself and with verified artist identity. The source pack documents paintings of Trinidad scenery and portraits as the principal work types associated with Cazabon, making work type and subject useful starting points when selecting comparable lots. Appraisily’s input reports 184 auction records for this artist page, but the collected pack does not expose individual catalogue descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, or auction-house condition information. The record count therefore indicates that comparison data may exist, not that any particular price level or trend has been established. A defensible valuation requires inspection of relevant public lots and confirmation that each comparison concerns an appropriately attributed work of a similar documented type and subject.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with auction records and auction-house context. When available, individual sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots should be reviewed directly; this source pack establishes the artist entity and reported record coverage but does not expose lot-level results.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14298845
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500055939
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96055467/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel-Jean_Cazabon
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/michel-jean-cazabon/