Mattheus Van Helmont — auction results & prices

13results on record

33%sell-through

$19,742median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)

$110,963record in our coverage

Drawn from 13 recorded results (9 sold · 4 passed) across 4 auction houses, 2004–2023. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale

Where does a value land in this market?

The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

Medium	Results	Sell-through	Median result (USD)
painting	3	0%	$57,062

Medium is recorded for 3 of 13 results (23%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Jan Miense Molenaer Mattheus Van Helmont Jan Miense Molenaer

Metric	Mattheus Van Helmont	Jan Miense Molenaer
Median result	$19,742	$11,579
Record price	$110,963	$2,405,000
Results on record	13	124
Years active at auction	2004–2023	1998–2026

Where this artist sells best

House	Results	Sell-through	Median	vs. estimate
Sotheby's	7	50%	$19,126	0.68×
Christie's	2	—	$57,062	—
Dorotheum	3	33%	$56,442	—
Kruso Art	1	0%	—	—

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 13 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 4 passed lots

Date	Lot	Medium	Estimate USD	House
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2023·06	The alchemist Oil on canvas 52,5 x 61 cm	Oil on canvas	$4,380–$6,571	Kruso Art
2022·05	[no title recorded]		—	Dorotheum
2020·11	[no title recorded]		—	Dorotheum
2019·05	a lady and gentleman distributing alms to the poor		$13,020–$19,530	Sotheby's
2018·10	[no title recorded]		—	Dorotheum
2018·02	An interior scene with merry-making figures		$20,000–$30,000	Sotheby's
2011·05	A tavern interior with drinking and dancing peasants		$8,615–$11,486	Sotheby's
2008·05	the temptation of saint anthony		$61,720–$92,580	Sotheby's
2008·02	A gentleman and a peasant making a deal on the sale of a pig in a pigsty	oil on canvas	$2,975–$4,462	Christie's
2007·07	The Liberation of Saint Peter		$80,408–$120,612	Christie's
2005·11	peasants sitting around a table and smoking, figures near a fireplace in the background		$4,667–$7,000	Sotheby's
2005·05	The temptation of St. Anthony		$19,281–$25,708	Sotheby's
2004·11	an interior scene with an alchemist and his assistant, together with a woman behind a spinning wheel and a cat		$5,082–$7,623	Sotheby's

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