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Léonard Gaultier, or, as he sometimes signs himself, Galter, a French engraver, was born at
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Léonard Gaultier, or, as he sometimes signs himself, Galter, a French engraver, was born at Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. Franz Brulliot, ''Dictionnaire des monogrammes, marques figurées, lettres initiales, noms abrégés etc: avec lesquels les peintres, dessinateurs, graveurs et sculpteurs ont désigné leurs noms'', J.G. Cotta, 1832 His style of work resembles that of Wierix and Crispyn van de Passe. His prints are executed entirely with the graver, with great precision, but in a stiff, formal manner. He must have been very laborious, as the Abbé de Marolles possessed upwards of eight hundred prints by him, many of which were after his own designs. They consist of portraits, and various subjects, of which the following are the most worthy of notice. They are sometimes signed with his name, and sometimes with a cipher GL.
Portraits
*''Henry IV of France
Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...
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*'' Henry, Duke of Montpensier''.
*'' J. Amyot, Bishop of Auxerre''.
*'' Alexandre Bouchart, Viscount de Blosseville''.
*''Philippe de Mornay
Philippe de Mornay (5 November 1549 – 11 November 1623), seigneur du Plessis Marly, usually known as Du-Plessis-Mornay or Mornay Du Plessis, was a French Protestant writer and member of the anti-monarchist '' Monarchomaques''.
Biography
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, Seigneur du Plessis''. 1611.
*'' Charles de Gontaut de Biron, Marshal of France''.
*''Étienne Pasquier
Étienne Pasquier (7 June 15291 September 1615) was a French lawyer and man of letters. By his own account he was born in Paris on 7 June 1529, but according to others he was born in 1528. He was called to the Paris bar in 1549.
In 1558 he bec ...
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*''Jean Caron''.
Various subjects
*A set of small plates of subjects from the Old and New Testament. *A set of the Prophets, Apostles, and Evangelists. *Thirty-two plates of ''the History of Cupid and Psyche''; afterRaphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...
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*''The Procession of the League''; a satirical print.
*''The Family of Henry IV.''; nine figures.
*''The Assassination of Henry IV''.
*''The Coronation of Mary de' Medici''. 1610.
*''The Cyclops forging the Thunderbolts''; after J. Cousin. 1581.
*''A Sacrifice''; after M. Fréminet.
*''The Last Judgment''; copied from Martin Rota's engraving after Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...
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References
* 1561 births 1641 deaths French engravers Artists from Mainz {{France-artist-stub