# Constant David Ludovic Artz artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:25:50.195Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Dutch
- Common media: Oil painting on canvas, Oil painting on panel or wood

## About Constant David Ludovic Artz

Constant David Ludovic Artz (1870–1951), also catalogued as Constant Artz, was a Dutch painter and draftsman. International authority records connect the full name with the shorter form commonly encountered in catalogues and auction listings. The public works documented in the collected source material emphasize intimate waterside scenes: ducks and duck families appear beside lakes, banks, meadows, water lilies, and duckweed. Surviving examples in the source pack include oils on canvas as well as oils on panel or wood. These accessible animal and landscape subjects help explain why collectors may encounter Artz through traditional painting sales and online auction archives. No specific artistic movement or school has been assigned here because the available institutional records do not substantiate one. When researching a possible work, the name variant, signature, support, dimensions, condition, and precise subject should be considered together rather than relying on the artist name alone.

## Common works and media

Documented examples include oil paintings on canvas, panel, or wood. The clearest recurring subjects in the collected material are ducks and duck families in lakeside or meadow settings, often accompanied by banks, water lilies, or duckweed. The source pack does not provide enough evidence to describe a substantial market in sculptures, mixed media, decorative objects, editions, or prints, even though those broad categories appear on the collected auction page.

## Market and appraisal context

Artz's auction history should be evaluated through closely matched works rather than a single headline result. The strongest comparisons will share the same medium and support, similar dimensions and subject matter, a comparable date, and credible attribution. Condition, restoration, surface quality, signatures, inscriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may all affect how persuasive a comparable sale is. Appraisily's collected market page lists several broad auction categories, but the source material most clearly documents oil paintings, especially waterside duck subjects. Public records may omit private transactions and can differ in whether fees are included. A current appraisal should therefore reconcile several recent comparable lots and inspect the object itself before drawing a value conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, fee reporting, and later attribution changes may not be fully represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18564083
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500076258
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96221205/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/2654
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/constant-david-ludovic-artz/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Duck_Family_in_a_Meadow_by_Constant_David_Ludovic_Artz.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constant_Artz_-_Olieverf_op_paneel,_l.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constant_Artz_-_%E2%80%98Ducks_at_the_water%E2%80%99s_edge_among_the_duckweed_and_water_lilies%E2%80%99,_signed_%E2%80%98Constant_Artz%E2%80%99_lower_left.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constant_Artz_-_%E2%80%98Duck_family_in_a_lake_with_water_lilies%E2%80%99,_signed_%E2%80%98Constant_Artz%E2%80%99_lower_left.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constant_Artz_-_Constant_David_L.jpg