# Louis Legrand artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/louis-legrand/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:18:06.927Z
Quality: low confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Common media: Engraving, Book illustration

## About Louis Legrand

The authority records in this source pack identify Louis Legrand as a French engraver who lived from 1723 to 1807; a corroborating reference also describes him as an illustrator. Library-linked publication records connect his name with illustrated editions addressing Roman history, travel, classical literature, education, fables, and natural history. These records place his documented activity in the world of eighteenth-century French printmaking and publishing, where engraved plates could circulate within books as well as separately. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in descriptions of engravings, book illustrations, plates, or illustrated volumes. This identity requires unusual care, however, because Louis Legrand is shared by more than one artist. The image candidates gathered for this page show works dated around 1895–1905 and appear to belong to a later namesake, not the engraver described by the collected authority files. Those identities should not be merged without additional evidence.

## Common works and media

The collected authority records most clearly support engravings and book illustrations. VIAF links the name to illustrated publications involving Roman history, travel, fables, classical literature, education, and natural history. An encountered object might therefore be a loose impression, a plate removed from a publication, or an illustrated volume. Paintings, pastels, and circa-1900 scenes should not automatically be assigned to this eighteenth-century engraver because those formats and dates may indicate a later Louis Legrand.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, the first question is which Louis Legrand created or contributed to the object. Dates, inscriptions, publication titles, plate captions, and links to a documented volume or series can help distinguish the eighteenth-century engraver from later namesakes. For works associated with the 1723–1807 engraver, relevant categories may include loose engravings, publication plates, illustrated books, and complete multi-volume sets. The collected source pack does not include a major auction-house biography, detailed comparable lots, or evidence supporting price trends. Any valuation should therefore begin with entity resolution and bibliographic identification, then use verified public auction records for genuinely comparable objects rather than combining results attributed only by name.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For this name, identity resolution must precede market comparison.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43370466
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500042906
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/280312/
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12343156d
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Legrand_(graveur%2C_1723-1807)
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97861915
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG35102
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.4634.html
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/louis-legrand/