Jacob Marrel

Dutch | 1614 - 1681

Jacob Marrel was a Dutch Old Masters painter who was born in 1614.

How much does a Jacob Marrel cost?

Jacob Marrel's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 441,600 USD for paintings, and 23,140 USD for works on papers.

What is Jacob Marrel's most expensive painting?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 441,600 USD for Anemones, a tulip, an opium poppy and other flowers in a glass vase, with a sand lizard and a ladybird, in a stone niche, sold at Christie's New York in 2005.

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Harvard Art Museums have featured Jacob Marrel's work in the past.

Jacob Marrel in the news

Jacob Marrel has been featured in articles for ArtDaily and Fine Art Connoisseur. The most recent article is Exhibition Explores 300 Years of Cross-Cultural Exchange Between the Islamic World and the Dutch and Flemish written for ArtDaily in May 2024. The artist died in 1681.

Artist's alternative names: Jacobus Marrelius, Jakob Marellus, Jakob Marrel

At Auction

Notable Lots

Tulips and violets in a vase, with a shell, a lizard, a dragonfly, a bee and a wasp, on a ledge - Jacob Marrel

Tulips and violets in a vase, with a shell, a lizard, a dragonfly, a bee and a wasp, on a ledge ,1636

By Jacob Marrel

+106%

above mid-estimate

AN OVERTURNED VASE OF FLOWERS RESTING ON A LEDGE

By Jacob Marrel

Tulips in a vase with a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone ledge, and dragonflies and a bee

By Jacob Marrel

+25%

above mid-estimate

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Recent Auction Results

A painting of flowers in a vase on a table.

Vase de fleurs sur un entablement ,1679

By Jacob Marrel

+32%

above mid-estimate

Artcurial

Tulip

Attributed to Jacob Marrel

Ader

Still life with fruit and flowers emanating from an upturned basket - Jacob Marrel

Still life with fruit and flowers emanating from an upturned basket ,1636

By Jacob Marrel

Duke's Auctioneers

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Past Exhibitions

Imagine Me and You: Dutch and Flemish Encounters with the Islamic World, 1450–1750

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge | Massachusetts | USA

May 18, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024

Dutch Drawings from a Collector’s Cabinet

Getty Center

Los Angeles | California | USA

Oct 11, 2022 - Jan 15, 2023

Crawling with Life: Flower drawings from the Henry Rogers Broughton Bequest

Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge | UK

Feb 02, 2016 - May 08, 2016

VIEW 4 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

Exhibition Explores 300 Years of Cross-Cultural Exchange Between the Islamic World and the Dutch and Flemish

ArtDaily May 23, 2024

This summer, the Harvard Art Museums present the story of the rich cross-cultural artistic connections that took place over 300 years between the Dutch, the Flemish, and the Islamic world.

Jacob Marrel and the Power of the Mentor

ArtDaily May 02, 2024

The relationship between mentor and mentee has long been recognized as a formative influence in the development of individuals' talents and passions.

Still life masterpiece from private collection leads Bonhams Classics sale

ArtDaily Mar 23, 2023

Still life with a basket of fruit, seashells and a lizard by the German master Jacob Marrel leads The Classics sale at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris on Wednesday 19 April 2023. It is estimated at €30,000-50,000.

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Coverage

“ ..Complete tulip books are extremely rare, and the Marrel is seldom exhibited in public... ”
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam