Peter Vanderbank or Vandrebanc (1649–1697) was a French-English engraver. Portrait of Peter Vanderbank by Godfrey Kneller

Life

Vanderbank was born in

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in 1649, and studied his art there under Nicolas Poilly. About 1674 he accompanied

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to England, and gained a reputation as an engraver of portraits, which he executed on a larger scale than any previously produced in this country. He appears to have had five sons, including the painter

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. On his prints his name is always spelt Vandrebanc. He received little remuneration for his work, and at the end of life was in reduced circumstances. He died in 1697 at Bradfield, Hertfordshire, the residence of John Forester, whose sister he had married, and was buried on 4 October in the church of Cottered-cum-Bradfield. A mezzotint by

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, inscribed ‘Peter Vanderbank, engraver,’ has been assumed to be a portrait of him, and copied by Ambrose William Warren for the 1849 edition of

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's ''Anecdotes''; but the costume is of a somewhat later date, and it may represent one of his sons, who is said to have practised engraving, though his works are not known.

Works

They include portraits of Charles II, James II, Mary Beatrix, the

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, the

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, Sir

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, and other prominent persons, chiefly from pictures by

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, and Gascar; also a ‘Holy Family’ and ‘Christ on the Mount of Olives,’ after

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, and three plates from Antonio Verrio's ceilings at

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. Vanderbank engraved, from drawings by Edward Lutterell, the earlier portraits in

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's ''History of England''. After his death his widow sold his plates to Abraham Browne, a print-dealer.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderbank, Peter 1649 births 1697 deaths 17th-century engravers French engravers French emigrants to the Kingdom of England English engravers Engravers from Paris