Jean-Michel Papillon
Jean-Michel Papillon (born June 2, 1698 in Paris , † 1776 ibid) was a French craftsman, draftsman, wood cutter and encyclopaedist .
Live and act
He came from a family of wood cutters and engravers from the Rouen . His father was the wood cutter, engraver en bois Jean Baptiste Papillon (1661–1723), his mother M. Madeleine Chevillon (approx. 1675-approx. 1715).
Papillon created around 5000 figurative and ornamental vignettes , initials and the like as book decorations. He also drew the titles for the "Petits Almanachs de Paris" published from 1727 to 1745, which were named "Papillons" after him.
In 1730 he married Charlotte Madeleine Thérèse Chauveau (1704–1741). This marriage had a daughter, Françoise Charlotte Papillon (* 1734), after the death of his first wife he married Marie Anne Roussillon (* approx. 1715) in 1745. Incidentally, his second wife worked the same job as her husband.
He wrote articles about his craft in the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert .
He is not to be confused with his brother Jean-Baptiste-Michel Papillon (1720–1760).
Works (selection)
- Traité historique et pratique de la gravure en bois. Vol. 1, PG Simon, Paris 1766
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ferdinand Hoefer: Nouvelle Biographie générale. t. 39, Firmin-Didot, Paris 1862, p. 160.
- ↑ Frank A. Kafker: Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie. Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 p. 108
- ↑ Family genealogy
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| SURNAME | Papillon, Jean-Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French wood cutter, artist and encyclopaedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1698 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1776 |
| Place of death | Paris |