# Saverio Manetti artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/saverio-manetti/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:29:22.012Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Italian
- Common media: Natural-history books and scientific publications

## Portrait

![Saverio Manetti](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Manetti_medal.jpg/1280px-Manetti_medal.jpg)
Giovanni Zanobio Weber (c.1737 - 1806) · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manetti_medal.jpg

## About Saverio Manetti

Saverio Manetti (1723–1784) was an Italian physician, botanist, ornithologist, and scientific author rather than a visual artist in the conventional sense. Library and entity records identify him under several forms of his name, including Francesco Saverio Manetti and the Latinized Xaverius Manetti. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with eighteenth-century natural-history publishing. His best-documented title in the collected sources is the ornithological treatise Ornithologia methodice digesta, also known as Storia naturale degli uccelli and dated 1776. A VIAF authority record additionally associates him with Regnum vegetabile and scientific work connected with plant classification. These publication links explain why objects cataloged under Manetti may appear in book, print, or natural-history auction contexts even though the available sources do not establish him as the maker of autonomous artworks. Careful identity matching is especially important because his name appears in multiple Italian and Latinized forms.

## Common works and media

The source pack most securely associates Manetti with scientific and natural-history publications concerning birds and botany. Named works include the 1776 ornithological treatise Ornithologia methodice digesta, also called Storia naturale degli uccelli, and the botanical title Regnum vegetabile. Items offered under his name may therefore be described as books, scientific publications, or material associated with those titles. The collected evidence does not establish the usual editions, formats, or whether particular prints and illustrations were personally made by Manetti.

## Market and appraisal context

The available evidence supports a publication-centered market context, not a general fine-art market profile. An appraisal should first establish whether an item is connected to Saverio Manetti as author and whether its cataloged title corresponds to Storia naturale degli uccelli, Ornithologia methodice digesta, Regnum vegetabile, or another documented work. Name variants such as Francesco Saverio, Xaviero, Xaverio, and Xaverius can affect record matching. The collected pack contains no usable major auction-house evidence, edition analysis, or realized-price history, so it cannot support price predictions or claims about market trends. Individual lot documentation and comparable public sales are needed before drawing valuation conclusions.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Saverio Manetti, the current identity evidence is stronger than the collected market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377320
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/61102864/
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/1575149198360874940000/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saverio_Manetti
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manetti_medal.jpg