Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668,

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

– 1741,

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) was an 18th-century French engraver best known for his small portraits of his contemporaries.

Some Engravings

* Collection of engravings in London *

John Theophilus Desaguliers John Theophilus Desaguliers (12 March 1683 – 29 February 1744) was a French-born British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. He had stu ...

* "Portrait of John Law, half-length, head turned to the right, with unrolled parchment in left hand; within oval. 1720" * "Danae, sprawling semi-nude on a richly draped bed… (1700-1702" * "Prince Eugene of Savoy, head-and-shoulders portrait..."

Main illustrated books

* Jean de La Fontaine, ''Fables choisies'', Paris & La Haye, chez Henry Van Bulderen, marchand libraire dans le Pooten, à l'enseigne de Mezeray, 1688 * Nicolas de La Mare, ''Traité de la police'', Paris, Jean & Pierre Cot, 1705-1719; rééd. chez Michel Brunet, 1722. *

Nicolas Malebranche Nicolas Malebranche ( ; ; 6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715) was a French Oratorian Catholic priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesise the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the ...

, ''De la recherche de la vérité...'', Paris, chez Michel David, 1712. * Abbé de Bellegarde, ''De l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ, traduction nouvelle, plus ample que toutes les précédentes...'', Paris, Imprimerie de Jacques Collombat, 1725. *

Évrard Titon du Tillet Évrard Titon du Tillet (January 1677 – 26 December 1762) is best known for his important biographical chronicle, ''Le Parnasse françois'', composed of brief anecdotal lives of famous French poets and musicians of his time, under the reign of Lo ...

, ''Le Parnasse françois'', Paris, imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, 1732.

References

* "Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (1648-1793)" published by Anatole de Montaiglon from the original records kept at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, BSHAF, Paris, J. Baur, 1875-1892

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Étienne Jehandier Desrochers
on data.bnf.fr Engravers from Lyon 1668 births 1741 deaths {{France-artist-stub