François Poilly, or François de Poilly, (1623Born in 1622 or 1623 according to the sources. –1693) was a French engraver.

Biography

He was born in

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, the son of a

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who gave him his first drawing lessons. He was apprenticed to the Parisian engraver Pierre Daret. Poilly then travelled to Rome where he stayed for seven years with the engraver

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, where he acquired mastership of the art. He died in Paris.

Works

Poilly's is noted for approximately 400 engravings. He is known for mainly religious subjects after

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, Guido Reni, Annibale Carracci,

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, Nicolas Poussin,

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, and

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. He made the engraved illustrations of the ceremonial clothes of the orders mentioned in "Maximilien Bullot & Pierre Hélyot's ''Histoire des ordres ...''", Ed. Nicolas Gosselin, Paris, 1719
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Legacy

His apprentice Jean-Louis Roullet has left of him a remarkable portrait, about which

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wrote: François' younger brother, Nicolas de Poilly (1626–1698), was an engraver too, as well as the latter's two sons, Jean-Baptiste de Poilly (1669–1728) and Nicolas de Poilly (1675–1723).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Poilly, Francois de 17th-century French engravers People from Abbeville 1623 births 1693 deaths

Biography

Works

Legacy

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