# Petrus Gerardus Vertin artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T17:57:02.125Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch
- Common media: Painting, Printmaking, Etching and lithography

## About Petrus Gerardus Vertin

Petrus Gerardus Vertin (1819–1893) was a Dutch painter and printmaker, also identified in authority records as Pieter Gerard Vertin. Public collection records connect him especially with views of Dutch towns and streets: Art UK lists a View of Amsterdam, a Dutch street scene, and a Dutch street with an archway, with holdings linked to Wycombe Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Authority sources describe his practice across painting and printmaking, while a secondary source also identifies etching and lithography. These records place architectural city views at the center of his surviving public profile, although the available source pack does not support assigning him confidently to a named movement. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Vertin through urban landscapes, street scenes, and related works catalogued under variant forms of his name. Identity checking matters because records may use Petrus Gerardus Vertin, Pieter Gerard Vertin, P. G. Vertin, or shortened forms.

## Common works and media

Public collection records show paintings of Dutch urban settings, including Amsterdam views, street scenes, archways, and a Haarlem subject catalogued as the work of a follower. VIAF also identifies Vertin as a printmaker, while a secondary biographical source names etching and lithography. In appraisal contexts, works may therefore appear as paintings or prints under full or abbreviated name forms. Attribution qualifiers such as "follower of" should be preserved rather than collapsed into autograph work.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched market index contains a substantial body of public auction results for Vertin, but those records should be treated as a comparison set rather than a price promise. The closest appraisal evidence will usually come from sales with similar medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, and attribution status. Restoration, signature or inscriptions, provenance, and the reporting basis for realized prices can also affect comparability. Public collection examples confirm that city and street views are established subjects, so location, architectural detail, and composition may help narrow comparisons. Value should not be inferred from an overall median alone: private sales may be absent, auction feeds can be incomplete, and later attribution changes may alter which lots belong in the artist's market record.

## 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. Public results are evidence for comparison, not a substitute for inspecting attribution, condition, provenance, and the individual object.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18516773
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500003392
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95701242/
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG49680
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/vertin-petrus-gerardus-18191893
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Gerardus_Vertin
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/petrus-gerardus-vertin/