Hans Makart: career timeline

Austrian · 1840–1884 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 9 of 18 lots (50% 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.

Hans Makart: 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
1860s	4	3	$5.5kSign up	Oil
1870s	1	1	$442Sign up	Lithograph
1880s	4	2	$131kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1860s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $5.5kSign up
Average: $23.1kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 20.5 in (40 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1860 Portrait of a lady$5.5kSign up
c. 1863 A feast in the parkUnsold
1868 The fortune teller$61kSign up
c. 1869 Study of the Abundantia (Allegory of the abundance)$2.7kSign up

1870s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $442Sign up
Average: $442Sign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 20 in (17 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1879 Procession in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth on the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary on 27 April 1879 (mixed lot: 10 lithographs and 2 watercolours)$442Sign up

1880s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $131kSign up
Average: $131kSign up
Typical size: 44.5 × 38.5 in (113 × 98 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1880 Frieze with allegorical scenes (allegory of the arts, Prometheus)Unsold
c. 1880 Allegory of Love$183kSign up
c. 1880 Portrait of Countess Isabella Potocka$79.9kSign up
c. 1883 Still life with flowering branches and peoniesUnsold

Creation date not recorded

9 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 2010s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $23.1kSign up
Average: $35.7kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 18.5 in (70 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2014 Lady with a jewellery box$96.5kSign up
sold 2014 The kidnapping$43.7kSign up
sold 2017 Judith and her Servant with the Head of Holofernes in BethuliaUnsold
sold 2017 Der Geschmack$72Sign up
sold 2019 A self-portrait$2.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 16 in (54 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Drawing (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 UntitledUnsold
sold 2021 Die Pest in Florenz" (design sketch)$1.5kSign up
sold 2022 The abduction$6.7kSign up
sold 2024 ComposizioneResult not published

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 Hans Makart auction results →