Benoît Farjat, a French engraver, was born at
Lyons in 1646. He was taught the elements of the art by
Guillaume Chasteau
Guillaume Chasteau (1635–1683) was a French engraver.
Chasteau was born in Orléans. He was instructed by Greuter, but afterwards studied under Cornelis Bloemaert and went for further improvement to Italy. After spending several years in Rome, ...
, whose manner he at first adopted; but he afterwards went to Rome, and acquired a greater command of the
graver, and a better style of design, though he is not always correct. He died in Rome in 1724. There are by him some portraits, and various subjects from the Italian masters; the following are the most esteemed:
Portraits
*''Cardinal Federigo Coccia''; after
L. David.
*''Cardinal Cornaro''; after the same. 1697.
*''Cardinal Tommaso Ferrari''; after the same. 1695.
Subjects after various masters
*''The Holy Family, with St. John''; after
Albani.
*''The Holy Family, with St. John presenting a Cross''; after
Pietro da Cortona
Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...
.
*''The Marriage, or, according to others, the Coronation, of St. Catharine''; after
Agostino Carracci
Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of ...
.
*''The Virgin and Infant Jesns, with St. John presenting some fruit''; after
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...
.
*''The Temptation of St. Anthony''; after the same.
*''The Communion of St. Jerome''; after
Domenichino.
*''The Death of St. Francis Xavier''; after
G. B. Gaulli.
*''The Marriage of the Virgin''; after
C. Maratti.
*''The Nativity of Christ''; after the same.
*''The Race of Atalanta''; after
P. Locatelli.
File:Alexander Jagiellon.jpeg, '' Alexander Jagiellon'', published in 1763
File:Boleslauswry.jpeg, '' Bolesław III Wrymouth'', published in 1763
Footnotes
References
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1646 births
1724 deaths
17th-century engravers
18th-century engravers
Engravers from Lyon
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