Abraham Girardet

Attack on the National Convention , October 5, 1795

Abraham Girardet (* thirtieth November 1764 in Le Locle , Canton of Neuchâtel , † 2. January 1823 in Paris ) was a from Switzerland originating engraver and sting draftsman .

Life

Abraham Girardet was the eldest son of the publisher Samuel Girardet. In 1783 he went to Paris, where he spent the rest of his life. His siblings Abraham Louis , Alexandre , Charles and Julie also worked as engravers.

He provided a considerable number of sheets of correct drawing, among which the Transfiguration of Christ (after Raphael ), the Rape of the Sabine Women (after Nicolas Poussin ), the Triumph of Titus and Vespasia n (after Giulio Romano ), the Dead Savior (after Andrea del Sarto ) are to be highlighted as the best.

He was honored at the Paris Salon of 1806 and 1808. In the last years of his life, Girardet was a drawing teacher at the Manufacture des Gobelins in Paris.

literature

Hans Vollmer : Girardet, Abraham . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 163–164 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Maurice Boy de la Tour: La gravure neuchâteloise illustré de 8 planches en couleurs, de 30 planches en noir et de 22 portraits. Delachaux & Niestlé, Neuchâtel 1928.
René Burnand: L'étonnante histoire des Girardet. Artistes suisses. La Baconnière, Neuchâtel 1940.
René Burnand: Les Girardet au Locle et dans le monde . Ed. de la Baconnière, Neuchâtel 1957.
Valérie Louzier-Gentaz: Girardet, Abraham . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 55, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22795-0 , p. 181.

Web links

Commons : Abraham Girardet - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Lucie Girardin-Cestone: Girardet, Abraham. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

personal data
SURNAME	Girardet, Abraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss engraver, active in Paris
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH	Le Locle
DATE OF DEATH	January 2, 1823
Place of death	Paris