# Amand Durand artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-18T19:02:04.088Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Common media: Heliogravure, Engraving and metal engraving, Printed works on paper

## About Amand Durand

Charles Amand-Durand (1831–1904), commonly catalogued as Amand Durand, was a French heliogravure printer, engraver, and publisher of prints. Library authority records associate him with the prints department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. His practice centered on reproducing historical engravings and etchings, particularly compositions dating from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. An IdRef record, for example, identifies a heliogravure of Adam and Eve reproduced from Albrecht Dürer. Collectors therefore often encounter Amand-Durand’s name on works that preserve or disseminate the imagery of an earlier master. His role may be described as printer, engraver, publisher, or reproductive maker rather than as the originator of the underlying composition. That distinction is important for cataloguing: both the source artist and Amand-Durand’s technical contribution may appear in a lot description. His surviving market presence is consequently concentrated in historical works on paper and reproductive printmaking rather than a documented modern-art movement.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Amand-Durand are principally printed works on paper, including heliogravure reproductions of engravings and etchings from the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. Catalogued examples may name both Amand-Durand and the earlier artist whose composition was reproduced, such as Albrecht Dürer. Auction descriptions may variously classify these sheets as engravings, heliogravures, reproductive prints, or works after an earlier master.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraising an Amand-Durand print begins with identifying the underlying composition, the earlier artist, and Amand-Durand’s role as reproductive engraver, printer, or publisher. Comparable lots should use the same or a closely related printing process and should be evaluated for dimensions, paper, margins, inscriptions, condition, surface quality, and attribution confidence. Provenance and references to period print catalogues can strengthen identification. Public auction results provide useful comparison points, but incomplete feeds, private transactions, and inconsistent attribution can limit the available evidence. Broad artist-level medians should therefore not replace comparison with closely matched impressions, especially when a sheet reproduces a composition by a widely collected earlier master.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/128582677
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/226082801/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27091481
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14533636k
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/amand-durand/