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Johan Petersen

Danish · 1839–1874 · Painter

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2auction results2025–2026years recorded100%sold (2)$5.8kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Johan Petersen, American Frigate at Anchor (Amerikansk fregat for anker), oil on canvasAmerican Frigate at Anchor (Amerikansk fregat for anker)Phillips · $6,450≈ £4,789≈ €5,544Sign up to see
  2. Johan Petersen, Boston Harbor Scene, oil on canvas in later gilt frameBoston Harbor SceneBonhams · $5,120≈ £4,119≈ €4,926Sign up to see

Johan Petersen’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Lots sold
2
of 2 offered · 2025–2026
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$3k$10k$32k20262025-01-31 · $5,1202026-05-26 · $6,450
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings22100%$5.8kSign up$5.8kSign up$6.5kSign up
Oil22100%$5.8kSign up$5.8kSign up$6.5kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202611$6.5kSign up
202511$5.1kSign up

Related artists — Danish, born 1814–1864