Pierre Audouin
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Pierre Audouin, an eminent French engraver
, and pupil of Beauvarlet
, was born in Paris in 1768, and died there in 1822. He engraved for the ' Musée Français,' published by Laurent, several of the finest works of the Italian and Dutch masters. The following are fine specimens of his talent:
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
, and pupil of Beauvarlet
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, a celebrated engraver, was born at Abbeville in 1731. He went to Paris when young, and was instructed in the art by Charles Dupuis and Laurent Cars...
, was born in Paris in 1768, and died there in 1822. He engraved for the ' Musée Français,' published by Laurent, several of the finest works of the Italian and Dutch masters. The following are fine specimens of his talent:
- Jupiter and Antiope; after CorreggioAntonio da CorreggioAntonio Allegri da Correggio , usually known as Correggio, was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century...
. - La belle Jardiniere; after RaphaelRaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
. - The two portraits called Raphael and his Fencingmaster; ascribed to Raphael.
- The Entombment of Christ; after CaravaggioCaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
. - Charity; after Andrea del SartoAndrea del SartoAndrea del Sarto was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism. Though highly regarded during his lifetime as an artist senza errori , his renown was eclipsed after his death by that of his contemporaries, Leonardo da Vinci,...
. - Melpomene, Erato, and Polyhymnia; after Le SueurEustache Le SueurEustache Le Sueur or Lesueur , one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting, was born in Paris, where he passed his whole life....
. - Two subjects, after TerborchGerard ter BorchGerard ter Borch was a Dutch genre painter, who lived in the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:Gerard ter Borch was born in December 1617 in Zwolle in the province of Overijssel in the Dutch Republic....
; one after MierisMierisMieris is the name of a family of artists who practised painting at Leiden for three generations in the 17th and 18th centuries.*Frans van Mieris, Sr. ;*Jan van Mieris , son of Frans.*Willem van Mieris , son of Frans....
; and one after NetscherCaspar NetscherCaspar Netscher was a Dutch portrait and genre painter. He was a master in depicting oriental rugs, silk and brocade and introduced an international style to the Northern Netherlands.-Life:...
. - Marie Therese Charlotte, Duchess of Angouleme; after Dermont.
- Madame Le Brun; after herself.
- Louis XVIII in his coronation robes; after Le GrosAntoine-Jean GrosBaron Antoine-Jean Gros , also known as Jean-Antoine Gros, was both a French History and neoclassical painter.-Early life and training:...
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