Jan Frans De Boever, Virago

Jan Frans De Boever

Belgian · 1872–1949 · Painter

Jan Frans De Boever was a Belgian Symbolist painter, known for his paintings of voluptuous nude women in morbid contexts. Skeletons, death and eroticism flood his oeuvre. He… (Wikipedia)

€2,624≈ $3,073≈ £2,278Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumL'OpiumAudap & Associés1auction results2026years recorded100%sold (1)$3.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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1 2026
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$3.1kSign up free to see Apr 2026, Audap & Associés
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Record prices

  1. L'Opium by Jan Frans De Boever, Aquarelle gouachée, sold Apr 2026L'OpiumAudap & Associés · €2,624≈ $3,073≈ £2,278Sign up to see

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Of the 1 lot by Jan Frans De Boever recorded at auction in 2026, 1 found a buyer (100%). The highest recorded price is $3.1kSign up free to see for L'Opium at Audap & Associés in April 2026. Sales were recorded mainly at Audap & Associés (1).

Jan Frans De Boever at auction: key figures

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2026
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$3.1kSign up free to see L'Opium, Audap & Associés, Apr 2026

Top auction houses: Audap & Associés (1)

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  1. L'Opium by Jan Frans De Boever, Aquarelle gouachée, sold Apr 2026
    L'Opium
    Watercolor
    Audap & Associés · · Lot 9
    €2,624≈ $3,073≈ £2,278Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,000–3,000View at Audap & Associés ↗

Jan Frans De Boever: quick facts

What is the highest price paid for a work by Jan Frans De Boever at auction?

$3,073Sign up free to see, for L'Opium at Audap & Associés (April 2026) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.

What is a typical auction price for Jan Frans De Boever?

The median sale price is $3.1kSign up free to see across 1 priced sale. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.

How many works by Jan Frans De Boever have sold at auction?

1 of 1 recorded lots sold in 2026.

Which auction houses sell Jan Frans De Boever?

Audap & Associés accounts for the most recorded results. Audap & Associés

About Jan Frans De Boever

Jan Frans De Boever was a Belgian Symbolist painter, known for his paintings of voluptuous nude women in morbid contexts. Skeletons, death and eroticism flood his oeuvre. He made illustrations in gouache for Charles Baudelaire's famous Les Fleurs du mal for the Ghent collector and art patron Léon Speltinckx with 157 gouaches. While he was a successful artist during most of his lifetime, his megalomaniac character made him a solitary and isolated individual.

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In museum collections

  • Jan Frans De Boever, ViragoVirago, 1898
    Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) · Public domain
  • Jan Frans De Boever, By the CradleBy the Cradle, 1899
    Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) · Public domain
  • Jan Frans De Boever, Epigraph for a condemned bookEpigraph for a condemned book, 1930
    Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Jan Frans De Boever, CrepusculeCrepuscule, 1933
    Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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