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The Good Samaritan
Gilcrease
Museum

The Good Samaritan

1851
Alfred Jacob Miller visual detail
ArtistAlfred Jacob Miller
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Market Intelligence

Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.

Public evidence
Last known price $5,580 Dealer sale · Jan 5, 1959
+597.5% vs previous observed sale
Matched price history · normalized USD · Foundry provisional
1950 · $8001951 · $8001959 · $5,580
$1K1950
$1K1951
$6K1959
Last known price$5,5803 matched observed sales
Observed median$800
Observed sales3
Artist index1,860.0
1959-01-05Dealer sale$5,580.00
1951-12-31Dealer purchase$800.00
1950-11-13Dealer purchase$800.00
Artist index contextLatest public build 1,860.0 · base 100 · n=1.Artist-level context is not an artwork valuation.

Comparable Sales

Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.

Evidence ranked
ArtworkSale dateHouseRealized USDMatch
Indian Encampment
1850 · oil on canvas
1950-04-01—$52,500.0087%
Indian Encampment
1850 · oil on canvas
1949-03-06—$850.0087%
Buffalo Hunt
1840 · oil on canvas
1948-05-01—$1,600.0081%
Buffalo Hunt
1840 · oil on canvas
1947-08-20—$300.0081%
Snake and Sioux Indians on Warpath
1856 · oil on canvas board
1949-05-11—$375.0076%
Snake and Sioux Indians on Warpath
1856 · oil on canvas board
1949-04-01—$52,500.0076%

Similarity score is descriptive evidence ranking, not a valuation model. Every row comes from the public-rights market boundary.

Provenance

Public
Thomas Gilcrease acquired from M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., NYC

Thomas Gilcrease acquired from M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., NYC

Gift from Gilcrease Foundation, November 26, 1963

Gift from Gilcrease Foundation, November 26, 1963

Accession gift/purchase

Accession gift/purchase

Source provenance text

Thomas Gilcrease acquired from M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., NYC Gift from Gilcrease Foundation, November 26, 1963 Accession gift/purchase

Gilcreaseconfidence 100%

Exhibitions

Public
No rights-cleared exhibition history is published.
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Sourced Overview Evidence

The Good Samaritan is a work by Alfred Jacob Miller. dated 1851. made in oil on canvas. with recorded dimensions Framed: 33 1/2 × 45 9/16 × 2 15/16 in. (85.1 × 115.7 × 7.5 cm) Image (Canvas): 27 × 39 1/4 in. (68.6 × 99.7 cm). The work is recorded by Gilcrease Museum under accession 0126.737.

Gilcreaseconfidence 100%

Evidence state

3 observed sales · 6 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.

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