Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668,

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

– 1741,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

) was an 18th-century French engraver best known for his small portraits of his contemporaries.

Some Engravings

* Collection of engravings in London *

John Theophilus Desaguliers John Theophilus Desaguliers FRS (12 March 1683 – 29 February 1744) was a British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. He had studied at O ...

* "Portrait of John Law, half-length, head turned to the right, with unrolled parchment in left hand; within oval. 1720" * "Danae, sprawling semi-nude on a richly draped bed… (1700-1702" * "Prince Eugene of Savoy, head-and-shoulders portrait..."

Main illustrated books

* Jean de La Fontaine, ''Fables choisies'', Paris & La Haye, chez Henry Van Bulderen, marchand libraire dans le Pooten, à l'enseigne de Mezeray, 1688 * Nicolas de La Mare, ''Traité de la police'', Paris, Jean & Pierre Cot, 1705-1719; rééd. chez Michel Brunet, 1722. *

Nicolas Malebranche Nicolas Malebranche ( , ; 6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715) was a French Oratorian Catholic priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesize the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the ...

, ''De la recherche de la vérité...'', Paris, chez Michel David, 1712. * Abbé de Bellegarde, ''De l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ, traduction nouvelle, plus ample que toutes les précédentes...'', Paris, Imprimerie de Jacques Collombat, 1725. *

Évrard Titon du Tillet Évrard Titon du Tillet (January 1677 – 26 December 1762) is best known for his important biographical chronicle, ''Le Parnasse françois'', composed of brief anecdotal ''vite'' of famous French poets and musicians of his time, under the reign of ...

, ''Le Parnasse françois'', Paris, imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, 1732.

References

* "Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (1648-1793)" published by

Anatole de Montaiglon Anatole de Courde de Montaiglon (28 November 1824 – 1 September 1895) was a 19th-century French librarian and art historian. Biography In 1850, De Montaignon graduated as an archivist and palaeographer from the École des chartes, with a the ...

from the original records kept at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, BSHAF, Paris, J. Baur, 1875-1892

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Étienne Jehandier Desrochers
on data.bnf.fr Engravers from Lyon 1668 births 1741 deaths {{France-artist-stub