# Vincenzo Coronelli artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1650-08-16
- Death date: 1718-12-09
- Nationality: Italian
- Movements: Baroque cartography
- Common media: Engraving, Cartographic printing (copperplate)

## About Vincenzo Coronelli

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650–1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist widely regarded as one of the foremost mapmakers of the Baroque era. Active primarily in Venice from the early 1680s until his death, Coronelli produced landmark terrestrial and celestial globes for European courts—including commissions for Louis XIV of France—and issued numerous atlases, city plans, and geographical treatises. His copperplate engravings combined scientific accuracy with elaborate Baroque ornament, making his works sought after by collectors and institutions alike. Coronelli also founded the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti, one of the earliest geographical societies. Today his printed maps, globe gores, and atlases appear regularly in the antiquarian market and are held by major libraries and museums worldwide.

## Common works and media

Collectors most often encounter Coronelli's work as individual copperplate-engraved map sheets from his atlases, including regional maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as detailed city plans and island charts. His terrestrial and celestial globe gores—printed segments designed to be mounted on spherical forms—also appear on the market. Less frequently, complete bound atlases, such as volumes of the Atlante Veneto, and original printed globes surface at auction. Prints are typically on laid paper, sometimes with contemporary hand-coloring.

## Market and appraisal context

Coronelli's engraved maps and atlas plates appear frequently at auction, reflecting his large and widely distributed output. Collectors should consider size, subject region, condition of the paper and engraving, presence and authenticity of period hand-coloring, and whether the work is a complete atlas or a single sheet. Intact Coronelli globes are rare and command significant premiums. Provenance linking a work to a notable historical collection can further affect value. Auction records for comparable Old Master cartographic prints provide useful benchmarks for appraisal.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from library authority files, museum records, and scholarly sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data when those records are available. For Vincenzo Coronelli, identity data is drawn from the Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, Wikidata, and the Library of Congress authority file.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561604
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Coronelli
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500032194
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27133664/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50036527
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/359224