Samuel Bernard, also known as Jacques-Samuel Bernard The ULAN database gives "Samuel Bernard as the preferred version. was a French

miniature painter A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...

and engraver.

Life

Born to a Protestant family in Paris in 1615, he was the son of Noel Bernard, a painter. He was a pupil of both

Simon Vouet Simon Vouet (; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and m ...

and of

Louis du Guernier Louis Du Guernier (1677–1716), also anglicized as Lewis Du Guernier, was a Franco-English engraver. Born in Paris in 1677, Louis was probably a descendant of the well-known French artists of the same name. He was a pupil of Louis de Châtillon ...

, and made some attempts at

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

painting, but not succeeding to his expectation, he painted miniatures for a while, before finally devoting himself entirely to engraving. Some still lifes, painted in the early 1660s are also known. He joined the

Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (; en, "Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture") was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abol ...

on its foundation in 1648 and became professor there in 1655. He was expelled on religious grounds in 1681, but restored to his post following his recantation of Protestantism four years later. He died in Paris in 1687. The financier

Samuel Bernard Samuel Bernard (1651 in Sancerre – January 18, 1739, in Paris), Count of Coubert (1725), was a French noble and financier. Life Of Netherlands, Dutch origin, Samuel Bernard was the son of the painter and engraver Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1615- ...

was his son.

Works

He engraved plates, both in line and in

mezzotint Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the '' intaglio'' family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonali ...

. They include:

Line engravings

*''Charles Louis,

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''; after

van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

. *''Louis du Guernier'', miniature painter. *''Philip, Count of Bethune''. *''Anne Tristan de la Beaume de Luze, Archbishop of Paris''; after De Troy. *''The Apparition of St. Peter and St. Paul to Attila''; after

Raphael 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 ...

. His best work. *''The Young Astyanax discovered by Ulysses in the Tomb of Hector''; after Bourdon. *''The Crucifixion''; after Ph. de Champagne. *''The Virgin Mary, with the dead Christ''; after the same. *''The Ascension''; after the same. *An allegorical subject of Concord. *''The Flight into Egypt''; after

Guido Guido is a given name Latinised from the Old High German name Wido. It originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and Switzerland. The mea ...

Mezzotints

*''The Portrait of Louis XIV''; oval. *''Sebastian, le Prestre de Vauban''; after F. de Troy. *''The Nativity''; after

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

. *''A Herdsman driving Cattle''. *''An Ox Market''; after B. Castiglione. *''The Kepose''; called ''La Zingara''; after

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

References

Attribution: * 1615 births 1687 deaths Painters from Paris 17th-century French engravers 17th-century French painters French male painters Calvinist and Reformed artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub