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Étienne Fessard
Étienne Fessard, a French engraving, engraver, was born in Paris in 1714. He was a pupil of Edme Jeaurat, and proved an artist of sufficient merit to be accepted for candidacy (''agréé'') at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1753). A protegé of Anne Claude de Caylus, ''le comte de'' Caylus, whom he may have assisted in the development of skill in etching, Fessard received the appointment Engraver of the King's Library (''graveur de la Bibliothèque du Roi'') in 1756, with responsibility for the engravings of the royal collection of paintings and drawings, as a result of Caylus' influence. On his death in 1777, the position was given to his student Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Fessard executed a considerable number of plates, but his efforts to resume the engraving of the King's paintings did not obtain the support of the ''Acadmie royale'' and resulted in only two plates: "Feste Flamande" after Rubens and "L'Empire de Flore" after Poussin.Bibliothèque nationale de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden) Galeriewerk Heineken 079
The (, ''Old Masters Gallery'') in Dresden, Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance painting, Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch Golden Age painting, Dutch and Flemish paintings. Outstanding works by German art, German, French art, French, and Spanish art, Spanish painters of the period are also among the gallery's attractions. The Old Masters are part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden State Art Collections. The collection is located in the Semper Gallery, the gallery wing of the Zwinger (Dresden), Zwinger. History When the ''Kunstkammer'' (Art Chamber) of the List of rulers of Saxony, Electors of Saxony in Dresden was founded by Augustus, Elector of Saxony in 1560, paintings were subordinate to collectors' pieces from science, other art works and curiosities.Harald Marx: . E. A. Seemann, Leipzig, 3. Aufl., 2006, , pp. 8–17. It was not until the beginning of the 18th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
