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Gérard Audran (or Girard Audran) (2 August 164026 July 1703), was a French engraver of the Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran.
Gérard Audran (or Girard Audran) (2 August 164026 July 1703), was a French engraver of the Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran.
Life
He was born inLyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
and was taught the first principles of design and engraving by his father. Following the example of his brother, he went to Paris to perfect himself in his art.
In 1666, he engraved for Le Brun ''Constantines Battle with Laxentius'', his ''Triumph'', and the ''Stoning of Stephen'', which gave great satisfaction to the painter, and placed Audran in the very first rank of engravers at Paris
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.
The next year he set out for Rome
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, where he resided three years, and engraved several fine plates. He is reputed to have worked for or trained with Carlo Maratta
Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...
.
That great patron of the arts, J. B. Colbert, was so struck with Audran's works that he persuaded Louis XIV
Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was List of French monarchs, King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the Li ...
to recall him to Paris. On his return, Audran applied himself assiduously to engraving, and was appointed ''engraver to the king'', from whom he received great encouragement.
In the year 1681 he was admitted to the council of the Royal Academy
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. He died in Paris
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.
His engravings of Le Bruns ''Battles of Alexander'' are regarded as the best of his numerous works. Gerard published in 1683 a work entitled ''Les Proportions du corps humain mesurés sur les plus belles figures de l'antiquité''.
References
Attribution: * *Further reading
* Gérard Audran, ''Les proportions du corps humain : mesurées sur les plus belles figures de l'Antiquité'', 1683 * "Audran (Gérard ou Girard)", In: ''Bénézit
The ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists'' (in French, ''Bénézit: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs'') is an extensive publication of bibliographical information on painters, sculptors, designers and engravers created ...
'', t. ABF. - DBF., 1976 and 1999
* Roger-Armand Weigert, ''Estampes, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle'', 1939, t. I (Alix - Boudeau), pp 124–149
External links
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