# Léon Gaucherel artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1816-05-21
- Death date: 1886-01-07
- Nationality: French
- Common media: etching, painting, reproductive engraving, drawing, illustration

## About Léon Gaucherel

Léon Gaucherel (1816–1886) was a French painter, etcher, illustrator, and graphic artist who spent his career in Paris. Active from around 1830 until his death, Gaucherel built a versatile practice spanning original painting, reproductive engraving, and book illustration. He is recorded as a contributor of etchings to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, the influential Parisian art periodical. Trained and working across several disciplines—painting, etching, architectural drawing, and illustration—Gaucherel operated within the rich mid-nineteenth-century French graphic arts tradition. His family connections to the arts included his grandfather Lambert Gaucherel. Gaucherel's work appears regularly at auction, where collectors encounter his etchings, reproductive prints, and paintings, reflecting the breadth of his professional output over a decades-long career.

## Common works and media

Common works by Léon Gaucherel include original etchings, reproductive engravings after paintings by other artists, paintings on panel or canvas, preparatory drawings, and book or periodical illustrations. His reproductive prints—interpreting works by other painters through etching—form a significant portion of his documented graphic output. Etchings produced for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts appear with some frequency on the market.

## Market and appraisal context

Léon Gaucherel's work spans multiple mediums—original etchings, reproductive engravings after other artists' compositions, paintings, and illustrations—each with distinct market profiles. His etchings for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts are among his more documented output. When evaluating Gaucherel works, collectors should consider whether a piece is an original composition or a reproductive engraving, the quality of the plate impression, paper condition, and whether the work can be firmly attributed. Provenance and comparison with documented museum or RKD holdings help confirm authenticity.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines verified identity data from the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata with publicly available auction records. When auction results are available, page context reflects sale dates, realized prices, comparable lots, and medium-specific valuation factors.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/30427
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500080402
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54325674/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1879422
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gaucherel
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007085813