John Baptist Chatelain (1710–1758) was an English draughtsman and engraver of French background, specialized in landscapes. He should not be confused with, among others, F.-B. Chatelain ( fl. 1760–1770), who was a pupil of Louis-Simon Lempereur and Claude-Jean-Baptiste Chatelain, French engraver and revolutionary. The specialist of the French Revolution, Haim Burstin, discovered in 2005 a "Claude-Jean-Baptiste Chatelain, engraver, 42 years old, college of Reims, rue Chartière 11, elector and member of the committee of the section of the Panthéon-Français in 1792, and having a workshop rue Jean-de-Beauvais ” - In: Haim Burstin, A revolution at work: Le Faubourg Saint-Marcel (1789-1794), collection“ Époques ”, Seyssel, Champ Vallon, 2005, (ISBN 9782876737198), cf. note 913 �
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— and who produced many pieces in the years 1780-1790, which undoubtedly added to the confusion, for example, Adrien-Nicolas Piédefer, Marquis de La Salle Jean Duplessis-Bertaux in 1791 �
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Life

Chatelain was born in London into a

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family, surname Phillippe, and changed his name later in life. He died in May 1758, as shown in an advertisement placed by William Bellers. Older sources give very different accounts.

Works

Chatelain was employed by Boydell, especially in engraving with

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the series of landscapes after

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, Guaspre, and others. Vivares being more appreciated by the public, his name was often placed on plates engraved by Chatelain alone, as in the case of a fine landscape after

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, and another named 'The Storm,' in which

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has introduced the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. He engraved, also for Boydell, eleven views in London and in Italy. He died in London in 1771. The following list comprises his most important works: *''The Four Times of the Day''; etched by Chatelain, afterwards finished in

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. *''Eight Landscapes''; after

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. *''A Landscape''; after Rembrandt. *''Eight Views of the Lakes in Cumberland and Westmoreland''; after Bellers. *''Three Landscapes''; after Pietro da Cortona, N. Poussin, and F. Bolognese. *Portrait of

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. *Portrait of Meunier de Querlon.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatelain, Jean Baptiste Claude 1710 births 1758 deaths Artists from Paris 18th-century engravers French engravers English engravers