Benoît Audran the Elder

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Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert by Benoît Audran the Elder after Claude Lefèbvre (1676).

Benoît Audran the Elder (born November 22, 1661 in Lyon , † October 2, 1721 in Louzouer , Loiret ) was a French engraver .

He and his brothers Claude Audran III and Jean Audran were sons of the engraver Germain Audran (born December 6, 1631 in Lyon, † May 4, 1710 there; eldest son of Claude Audran I).

He was a student of his uncle Gérard Audran . His oeuvre includes over 200 engravings. In addition to reproductions based on Charles Le Brun , François Verdier, Eustache Le Sueur and Pierre Mignard, he also made numerous vignettes for books, such as Daphnis and Chloe in 1718 .

In 1709 he was admitted to the Royal Academy , with a portrait of Jean-Baptiste Colbert after Claude Lefèbvre (1633-1675) and Raising of the Cross after Lebrun .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/beno-t-audran-i-2
  2. ↑ http://adlitteram.free.fr/biographie_audrans.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/audran-2
  4. ↑ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lef%C3%A8bvre
personal data
SURNAME Audran, Benoît the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French engraver
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1721
Place of death Louzouer , Loiret department