Gaspard Duchange (1662–1757) was a French engraver.
Life
Duchange was born in Paris in 1662. He was a pupil of
Guillaume Vallet and then of
Jean Audran Jean Audran (1667-1756) was a French engraver and printmaker. The brother of Benoit, and the third son of Germain Audran, he was born at Lyons in 1667. After learning the rudiments of the art under his father, he was placed under the care of his un ...
. He was received into the
Academy
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in 1707 and died in Paris in 1757.
Style
According to
Joseph Strutt in his ''Biographical Dictionary of Engravers'' (1786), Duchange's style was similar to that of his teacher, Audran, but in general neater, with the use of
etching
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...
not so predominant.
[ Strutt did not think that Duchange's drawing was as good as Audran's, but concluded that his prints "though mannered, and often rather laboured, have much to recommend them to the connoisseur, especially such as are pleased with agreeable management of the graver." ]
List of works
Duchange engraved a considerable number of plates. They include:
Portraits
*''François Girardon
François Girardon (10 March 1628 – 1 September 1715) was a French sculptor of the Louis XIV style or French Baroque, best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.
Biograph ...
''; after Rigaud; presented for Duchange's reception into the Academy in 1707.
*''Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse (or Lafosse; 15 June 1636 – 13 December 1716) was a French painter born in Paris.
Life
He was one of the most noted and least servile pupils of Le Brun, under whose direction he shared in the chief of the great decorativ ...
'', painter; after a self-portrait; presented upon the same occasion.
*''Antoine Coypel
Antoine Coypel (11 April 16617 January 1722) was a French painter, pastellist, engraver, decorative designer and draughtsman.[Paolo Veronese
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:
*''The Entombment of Christ''
After Jouvenet:
*''Mary Magdalen washing the Feet of Christ''
*''Christ driving the Buyers and Sellers from the Temple''
After Antoine Coypel:
*''The Sacrifice of Jephtha''.
*''Tobit recovering his Sight''
*''Venus sleeping, with three Loves and a Satyr''
*''The Death of Dido''
*''The Bath of Diana''
After Noël-Nicolas Coypel
Noël-Nicolas Coypel (17 November 1690 – 14 December 1734) was a popular French artist.
The son of Noël Coypel and half-brother to the more-famous painter Antoine Coypel
Antoine Coypel (11 April 16617 January 1722) was a French pain ...
:
*''Solon explaining his Laws to the Athenians'';
*''Trajan dispensing Justice to the People''
After Desormeaux:
*''Diana disarming Cupid''
After Rubens:
*''The Birth of Mary de' Medici'';
*''The Landing of Mary de' Medici at Marseilles''
*''The Marriage of Henry IV. and Mary de' Medici''
*''The Apotheosis of Henry IV. and Regency of Mary de' Medici''
*''The Interview of Mary de' Medici and her son, Louis XIII''
These five last plates were engraved for the Luxembourg Gallery.
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1662 births
1757 deaths
Engravers from Paris
17th-century engravers
18th-century French engravers
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