Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report
Francis Towne
English · 1739–1816
40
34–51 bandDiscovery profile: limited tracked signals
Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 5, 2026.
Overall40
Composite Codex score
Institutional18
Museums/acquisitions may be sparse
Market26
Thin auction dataset expected
Momentum11
Recent activity and interest
Representation12
Gallery and exhibition traction
Codex Rank#3,920Established
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal4848 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median$10.8KPaintings · 1 priced
Sell-through100%Top house: Christie's
Interest SignalInsider 25th pctAudience percentile vs tracked artists
Signal summary
Francis Towne: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.
Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (3 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (3 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.
Representation
- No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex
Institutional holdings
Cleveland Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonTate
Recent Exhibitions
- No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally
Market profile
Category-aware market read: Paintings median: $10.8K (1 priced); Works on paper median: $34.8K (2 priced). Sell-through: 100%. Historical record: $441K at Sotheby's (Jul 14, 2010).
Annual median hammer price, USD
$60.4K$30.2K$0
Education & awards
- No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation
Press Signals
- No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage
Publications
- No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
Selected works
Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.
Museum Acquisitions
Top 2Previous Sales
Top 3
For Sale
Top 2
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