Charles Louis Simonneau (baptised 3 August 1645,

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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Biography

According to Houbraken he made engravings for a series titled "Effigies Raymundi la Fage".Ch. Simonneau mentioned
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, courtesy of the

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He is the younger brother of Charles Louis Simonneau. According to the RKD he was a contributor to works used by Jan van der Brugge, who was a great admirer of Raymond Lafage.Charles Louis Simonneau
in the

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He was a painter as well as an engraver.

References

1645 births 1728 deaths French engravers Artists from Orléans {{France-engraver-stub