Joshua Reynolds Oil Paintings: Value & Auction Prices
1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds oil paintings have appeared at auction 5 times in ArtSell’s records between 2023 and 2026; 4 sold, a sell-through rate of 80%. Across 4 sales with a published price, the typical result was $40.1kSign up free to see to $145kSign up free to see (median $69.9kSign up free to see). The auction record in our data is MRS HARTLEY AS A NYMPH WITH THE YOUNG BACCHUS, sold at Lyon & Turnbull in January 2025 for $321kSign up free to see. Sales were recorded mainly at Dreweatts (2), Lyon & Turnbull (1) and Art+Object (1).
Joshua Reynolds oil paintings: key figures
- Auction results
- 5
- Sold rate
- 80%
- Active at auction
- 2023–2026
- Median price
- $69.9kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $321kSign up free to see MRS HARTLEY AS A NYMPH WITH THE YOUNG BACCHUS, Lyon & Turnbull, Jan 2025
Top auction houses: Dreweatts (2), Lyon & Turnbull (1), Art+Object (1)
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All oil paintings results
- Portrait of Nellie O'Brien, three-quarter length, leaning against a stone wall and wearing a pink and white dressAfter the artist£640≈ $857≈ €750Sign up free to see
- £65,000≈ $86,541≈ €74,566Sign up free to see
- £40,000≈ $53,256≈ €45,887Sign up free to see
- The personification of peaceIn the manner of the artist£95≈ $128≈ €109Sign up free to see
- Belshazzar's FeastManner of the artist£2,560≈ $3,437≈ €2,928Sign up free to see
- Mrs. Sheridan As Saint CeciliaAfter the artist$200≈ £150≈ €171Sign up free to see
- Miss Frances KembleAfter the artist$275≈ £205≈ €237Sign up free to see
- Portrait of Mary Isabelle, Dutchess of RutlandFollower of the artist$213≈ £157≈ €184Sign up free to see
- CupidAfter the artist£1,664≈ $2,246≈ €1,973Sign up free to see
- £262,700≈ $320,914≈ €311,567Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NZ$400–800
- Heads of Angels (A Portrait of Miss Frances Isabel Kerr Gordon)After the artist$65≈ £50≈ €60Sign up free to see
- UntitledAfter the artistResult not publishedEst. $600–1,000
- A portrait of the Prince of Wales (later George IV)After the artist$538≈ £421≈ €492Sign up free to see
- $500≈ £411≈ €475Sign up free to see
- Portrait of Lady Dorothea Eden, née Johnson, half-length, in a pink dressCircle of the artist£3,584≈ $4,536≈ €4,147Sign up free to see
- Portrait of Charles James FoxAfter the artist£1,913≈ $2,341≈ €2,173Sign up free to see
- $2,600≈ £2,283≈ €2,612Sign up free to see
- Portrait of Sir John LackAttributed to the artistUnsold / did not meet reserveEst. €12,000–20,000
- Portrait of Hugh Raymond EsqIn the style of the artist$250≈ £199≈ €234Sign up free to see
- A portrait of James BoswellAfter the artist$4,080≈ £2,965≈ €3,480Sign up free to see
- $550≈ £398≈ €464Sign up free to see
- John Dunning, 1st Lord Ashburton, 19th century copyAfter the artist$500≈ £380≈ €422Sign up free to see
- $1,000≈ £779≈ €881Sign up free to see
- Venus and the Piping BoyStudio of the artistUnsold / did not meet reserveEst. £2,000–3,000
- A portrait of Joshua ReynoldsAfter the artistUnsold / did not meet reserveEst. £1,000–1,500
- Portrait of Lady Stanhope, seated before a landscapeAfter the artist£875≈ $1,062≈ €999Sign up free to see
- Portrait of King George III, seated in the Coronation ChairAfter the artist£3,125≈ $3,794≈ €3,569Sign up free to see
- Portrait of a childAfter the artist£175≈ $231≈ €209Sign up free to see
- A Child’s Portrait (Miss Frances Isabel Ker Gordon) in Different Views: ‘Angel’s Heads’, after the 1786-7 work held by the Tate Museum, LondonAfter the artistUnsold / did not meet reserveEst. $600–900
- Mädchen in Landschaft ("The age of innocence")After the artist€640≈ $704≈ £499Sign up free to see
- Portrait of Hugh Raymond EsqIn the style of the artistUnsold / did not meet reserveEst. $500–700
- Portrait of George IV when Prince of WalesAfter the artist$2,250≈ £1,351≈ €1,638Sign up free to see
- A portrait of a lady in blue, thought to be Wilhemina, wife of Sir John Shelley, 5th BaronetCircle of the artist$2,250≈ £1,481≈ €1,739Sign up free to see
