# Nikolaj Petrovic Bogdanov-Bel'skij artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-24T20:36:45.527Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1868-12-26
- Death date: 1945-02-19
- Nationality: Russian
- Common media: Oil painting

## About Nikolaj Petrovic Bogdanov-Bel'skij

Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (1868–1945) was a Russian painter active from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century. Born in the village of Shitiki in Smolensk province, he trained as a painter in Russia and later established himself across both Russian and European art circles. He spent his final years in Berlin, where he died in 1945. His surname appears in many transliterated forms in Western catalogs and databases, reflecting the complexity of rendering Cyrillic names into Latin script. With over 250 lots documented in the Appraisily auction database, Bogdanov-Belsky's work circulates regularly on the international art market, and collectors most frequently encounter his paintings through Russian-art and nineteenth-century European painting sales.

## Common works and media

Bogdanov-Belsky is known primarily as a painter. Oil on canvas is the most common medium encountered at auction. His output includes genre scenes, portraits, and figure compositions. Works range from small cabinet-size panels to larger exhibition-scale canvases. Collectors may also encounter studio replicas or later copies, so careful attribution review is recommended when assessing unsigned or undocumented pieces.

## Market and appraisal context

Bogdanov-Belsky's work appears regularly at auction, particularly in sales dedicated to Russian art and nineteenth-century European paintings. When evaluating a painting attributed to him, appraisers consider provenance documentation, the subject and scale of the composition, the date of execution, the painting's condition, and any exhibition or publication history. His varied name transliterations across catalogs can complicate search and attribution research; collectors and appraisers should cross-reference multiple spellings when researching comparable sales.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine structured artist identity research from library-authority databases—including Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, and RKD—with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. The information on this page draws on multiple independent authority sources and 257 auction lots attributed to this artist in the Appraisily database.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/9935
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965013
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500061015
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/69995518/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Bogdanov-Belsky
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003124599