Christophe Civeton

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Christophe Civeton (* 1796 in Paris ; † around 1831) was a French draftsman, engraver and lithographer.

life and work

Courtyard of the Sorbonne
Porte and Boulevard Saint-Martin , 1829

Little is known about the life story of Christophe Civeton. He was a student of Jean-Victor Bertin in landscape painting and Nicolas Ponce in engraving. Civeton became famous for his drawings of monuments and landscapes of Paris and its surroundings, which are of great documentary interest. The work Civetons were moved by François Louis Couché (1782-1849) and, for example, Jacques-Antoine Dulaure (1755-1835) for its de Histoire Paris and Description de Paris et de ses environs, ses Singularités historiques, etc. commissioned . The engravings were based on the works of various artists, such as Jean-François Millet and Georges Malbeste (1754–1843) for the steel engraving of the Tour de Guinette at Étampes Castle .

Works

  • A series of 85 subjects representing the various monuments of the city of Paris, which in turn have been reproduced by others such as Adam Beyer, Couché, Cook, Desaulx, Dureau, Fortier, Gossard, Phitzer, Reville
  • Series of 92 views of the most important monuments in Paris, engraved by the above artists for the Histoire de Paris
  • 24 perspective views of rooms and staircases of the “Musée royal du Louvre ” under Philippe Auguste , Charles V and in its current (then) condition. His designs were engraved by Hibon and Normand Sohn for the book by Charles Othon Frédéric Jean-Baptiste de Clarac (1777–1847) for the Royal Museum
  • The Community of Queen Marie Antoinette in the Conciergerie , lithograph
  • Interior view of the Abbey of St-Ouen de Rouen , watercolors, exp. in 1827
  • Views of the 82 capitals of the French departments , watercolor
  • The main monuments of France, drawings, copies, from illustrating the Histoire nationale de France by Girault De Saint-Fargeau
  • View of the Hôtel de Cluny , 1822

Web links

Commons : Christophe Civeton  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles Gabet, Louis Charles Deschamps: Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française au XIXe siècle, Peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure, dessin, lithographie et composition musicale Paris, 1831, 710 pages; on-line
  2. ↑ First edition 1786
  3. ↑ Jean-Michel Leniaud: Jean-Baptiste Lassus, 1807-1857: ou le temps retrouvé des cathédrales , Geneva, Droz , 1980, 296 p., ISBN 2600046135
personal data
SURNAME Civeton, Christophe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French draftsman, engraver and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH around 1831