Abraham Girardet
Abraham Girardet (30 November 1764, Le Locle - 2 January 1823, Paris) was a Swiss engraver and illustrator. Biography He was the eldest son of the publisher and bookseller, Samuel Girardet (1730-1807). In 1783, he moved to Paris, where he took lessons in drawing and printmaking from Bénédict Alphonse Nicollet (1743-1807), a fellow Swiss immigrant. His siblings, Abraham Louis Girardet, Abraham Louis, Alexandre Girardet, Alexandre, Charles Samuel Girardet, Charles Samuel, and Julie (1769-1817) also worked as engravers. He remained in Paris during the early stages of the French Revolution, Revolution, creating depictions of major events. From 1792 to 1794, however, he returned to Switzerland and became a teacher in Neuchâtel. This was followed by an extended trip to Italy. When he returned to Paris in 1795, he focused on making prints. Many of his best known engravings are taken from the Old Masters; notably, the ''Transfiguration of Jesus, Transfiguration'' (after Raphael) ...
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