# Pietro Melandri artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/pietro-melandri/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:51:02.706Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Italian
- Common media: Ceramics and pottery, Lustre maiolica, Painting

## About Pietro Melandri

Pietro Melandri (1885–1976) was an Italian ceramicist, painter, and decorator. Authority records identify him most consistently through his ceramic practice, while Italian and German reference entries also describe work in painting and decoration. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name on ceramic objects or pottery, although paintings may also appear. A documented lustre-maiolica plate associated with Melandri illustrates the applied-arts context in which his work can surface. The available public sources are stronger on identity than on his training, exhibitions, artistic movements, subjects, or named series, so those areas should not be inferred without further evidence. Entity matching is supported by linked Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and Library of Congress authority profiles. Together, these records provide a stable foundation for connecting Melandri with catalog entries, documented objects, and relevant auction records while reducing confusion with similarly named people.

## Common works and media

Ceramic objects and pottery are the best-supported work types associated with Pietro Melandri. One collected Wikimedia record documents a lustre-maiolica plate dated approximately 1946–1971. Reference entries also identify Melandri as a painter and decorator, so paintings or decorative works may be encountered. The source pack does not establish recurring subjects, named series, print editions, sculpture, or other specific production categories.

## Market and appraisal context

Ceramics and pottery are the clearest auction category supported for Pietro Melandri, with painting as a secondary possibility. The collected evidence does not include usable major-auction-house commentary, realized-price details, or enough object-level records to support a price trend or an artist-specific hierarchy of value. An appraisal should first confirm that the object and its catalog attribution refer to this Pietro Melandri, then compare it with records for genuinely similar work types and documented techniques. Any valuation conclusion should be based on relevant public sales, including sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots, rather than on the artist name alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity and authority records with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Pietro Melandri, the present source pack provides stronger identity and medium evidence than market-detail evidence.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/813807/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27861990
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500098787
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90000772
- Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Melandri
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Melandri
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pietro_melandri,_piatto,_1946-71_circa,_maiolica_a_lustro_02.JPG