Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach: career timeline

German · 1851–1913 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 28 lots (52% 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.

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach: 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
1890s	4	4	$20.8kSign up	Oil
1900s	6	6	$23.6kSign up	Oil
1910s	3	2	$9.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1890s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $20.8kSign up
Average: $22.1kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 29 in (74 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: —

1895 Morning prayer, pyramids$8.4kSign up
1895 Selbstbildnis$26.9kSign up
1897 Frage an die Sterne$38.5kSign up
1899 Visionsgemälde$14.7kSign up

1900s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $23.6kSign up
Average: $35.2kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 35.5 in (58 × 90 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

1900 Der Pizzolungo auf Capri. Nach 1900$15.9kSign up
1900 Der Rettung entgegen$16.1kSign up
1901 Stormy Seascape$31kSign up
1901 Frage an die Sterne$60.3kSign up
1906 Porto Antico (Capri)$13.4kSign up
1907 Nächtliches Bad bei den Faraglioni$74.3kSign up

1910s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $9.1kSign up
Average: $9.1kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 27 in (69 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1912 Stürmische Meeresbucht$10.4kSign up
c. 1912 Selbstbildnis$7.7kSign up
1913 Hadamar, 1851 - Capri, 1913 / Non uccidere / Firmato Diefenbach, Capri e datato 1903 in basso a destraResult not published

Creation date not recorded

12 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: $7.3kSign up
Average: $7.3kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 52 in (40 × 132 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2007 KÜSTENLANDSCHAFT AUF CAPRI.$7.4kSign up
sold 2007 KÜSTENLANDSCHAFT AUF CAPRI.$7.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $18.9kSign up
Average: $22.1kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 26.5 in (100 × 67 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 PIZZOLUNGO, CAPRI$4.9kSign up
sold 2016 Glockenblumenelfe$5.3kSign up
sold 2018 Sphinx$23.5kSign up
sold 2018 Der Pizzolungo auf Capri$18.9kSign up
sold 2019 Ephebe$57.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $11.9kSign up
Average: $15.4kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 26.5 in (62 × 67 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2021 Blick vom Monte Solaro (Capri)$19.8kSign up
sold 2022 Statue of praying young man$4kSign up
sold 2025 Question to the Stars$37.7kSign up
sold 2025 Corpo sideraleResult not published · sold 2×
sold 2026 Young fiddler on a flower$69Sign up · sold 3×

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 Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach auction results →