Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller: career timeline

Austrian · 1793–1865 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 34 lots (88% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1800s	1	1	$1.2kSign up	Drawing
1820s	11	8	$37.1kSign up	Oil
1830s	4	3	$39.7kSign up	Oil
1840s	6	6	$16.8kSign up	Oil
1850s	4	4	$78.4kSign up	Oil
1860s	3	3	$162kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1800s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 5.5 in (19 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1803 Portrait of the Landscape Painter Karl Wilhelm Götzloff (1803-1866)$1.2kSign up

1820s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $37.1kSign up
Average: $61.1kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 9 in (28 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Drawing (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)

1830s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $39.7kSign up
Average: $58.7kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 10.5 in (33 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1840s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $16.8kSign up
Average: $21.8kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 10.5 in (33 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

1841 Self-portrait$15kSign up
1841 Portrait of a gentleman$12.5kSign up
1842 Bildnis der Baronin Vries, geb. Gierstner$18.5kSign up
1843 Portraits of Franz Freiherr von Leithner and his wife Nina Leithner$48.1kSign up
1845 Bearded gentleman with hands in front of his chest$12.6kSign up
1846 Portrait of a noble Lady$24.2kSign up

1850s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $78.4kSign up
Average: $171kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 16 in (43 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)

c. 1850 Country road with a farm in Hinterbrühl (?)$57.7kSign up
1855 Girl lifting up a curtain and offering roses$99.2kSign up
1857 The Engagement$512kSign up
1857 Portrait of the hat maker and purveyor to the court Franz Benoit (1784-1863) with a red medal ribbon$13.5kSign up

1860s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $162kSign up
Average: $247kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 16 in (52 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

1860 The Letter Reader$66.6kSign up
1864 The return home$162kSign up
1864 Children playing with dolls$511kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 8.5 in (27 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 Untitled$7.1kSign up
sold 2008 (Umkreis), Bildnis einer Dame/ Bildnis eines Herren. Mitte 19. Jh$1.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $48.7kSign up
Average: $48.7kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 9.5 in (31 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 Rocks$48.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $505Sign up
Average: $505Sign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 14.5 in (44 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2026 (Nachfolge), Bildnisstudie eines jungen Mannes. 2. Viertel 19. Jh$505Sign up · sold 2×

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller auction results →