Charles Dupuis after Philippe Vleughels - King Henri IV of France

Charles Dupuis (1685,

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– 3 March 1742) was a French engraver, who based many of his works on the paintings in the galleries at

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and the

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. As early as 1712, he was in London, together with Claude Dubosc, to assist

Nicolas Dorigny Sir Nicolas Dorigny was a French engraving, engraver, the youngest son of Michel Dorigny, and was born in Paris in 1652 or 1658.Grove His education prepared him for the legal field, and he followed that profession until he was thirty years of age, ...

in his engravings of the tapestry designs known as the " Raphael Cartoons". He was elected a member of the

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in 1730. His brother, Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis, was also a well known engraver.

Selected works

* ''Earth and Air'', after Louis Boullogne * ''Saint John in the Desert'' * ''The Marriage of the Virgin'', after

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1685 births 1742 deaths 18th-century engravers French engravers {{France-engraver-stub