# Sassoferrato artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-19T20:23:22.262Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Italian
- Movements: Baroque, Archaizing engagement with Raphael's style
- Common media: Painting

## Portrait

![Sassoferrato](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Self-portrait_by_Giovanni_Battista_Salvi_da_Sassoferrato.jpg/1280px-Self-portrait_by_Giovanni_Battista_Salvi_da_Sassoferrato.jpg)
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Self-portrait_by_Giovanni_Battista_Salvi_da_Sassoferrato.jpg

## About Sassoferrato

Sassoferrato is the conventional name of Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, an Italian painter who lived from 1609 to 1685. Authority records also identify him as Giovanni Battista Salvi, Giambattista Salvi, Giovan Battista Salvi, and Il Sassoferrato. He is associated with Baroque painting, although his devotional art is often discussed for its deliberately archaizing engagement with Raphael's style. Public identity sources characterize him as a painter of religious compositions, and auction records include subjects such as the Virgin and Child. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in connection with devotional paintings as well as works catalogued under variants of his civil name. Because historical works can carry changing or qualified attributions, the distinction between a work by Sassoferrato, one from his workshop or circle, and a later copy is central to identification. Museum and authority profiles provide a stable foundation for matching the artist across catalogues and collections.

## Common works and media

Sassoferrato is principally encountered as a painter of religious compositions. Devotional subjects, including Virgin and Child imagery, appear in the collected auction context. Cataloguing may use Sassoferrato alone or one of several forms of Giovanni Battista Salvi's name. Any proposed work should be assessed carefully for medium, support, dimensions, condition, restoration, provenance, and whether the attribution is presented as autograph, workshop, circle, follower, or copy.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin with a close comparison of medium, dimensions, subject, date, condition, restoration history, provenance, and attribution wording. The current Appraisily market record reports 10 matched public-auction lots, including five priced records dated from 2007 through 2025, so its statistical sample is limited. The reported results span a wide range and should not be treated as a prediction for another work. For an Old Master painting, a secure attribution, documented ownership history, catalogue references, surface condition, and the relationship of the composition to established works can materially affect which auction records are genuinely comparable. Fees and differing auction-reporting conventions should also be considered when comparing realized prices.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345289
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/030952506
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG45039
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.47325.html
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500021065
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Salvi_da_Sassoferrato
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/sassoferrato/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Self-portrait_by_Giovanni_Battista_Salvi_da_Sassoferrato.jpg