Renée-Élisabeth Marlié (1714 – 27 March 1773, in

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) was an 18th-century French engraver.

Biography

The daughter of a master writer, Marlié married

François-Bernard Lépicié François-Bernard Lépicié (6 October 1698 – 17 January 1755) was an 18th-century French engraver, historiographer and biographer. Lépicié married Renée-Élisabeth Marlié, who became an engraver under the training of her husband and with ...

in 1732, an engraver who taught her his art and, according to

Pierre-Jean Mariette Pierre-Jean Mariette (; 7 May 1694 – 10 September 1774) was a collector of and dealer in old master prints, a renowned connoisseur, especially of prints and drawings, and a chronicler of the careers of French Italian and Flemish artists. He ...

, used her skill in several of his own works. She signed various prints with her name: ''Le Contrat de mariage'', after Carle (or Charles André) van Loo; ''la Piémontaise'', after

Noël Hallé Noël Hallé (; 2 September 1711, Paris – 5 June 1781, Paris) was a French painter, draftsman and printmaker. He was born into a family of artists, the son of Claude-Guy Hallé. Hallé took the Prix de Rome in 1736. He studied at the Fre ...

; ''les Éléments'', 4 pieces in-4°, after

Étienne Jeaurat Étienne Jeaurat (9 February 1699, in Vermenton – 14 December 1789, in Versailles (city), Versailles) was a French painter, above all remembered for his lively street scenes. Early life Born in Vermenton near Auxerre, Jeaurat became an orphan ...

; ''la Jeunesse sous les habillements de la Décrépitude'', after

Charles Antoine Coypel Charles-Antoine Coypel (; 11 July 1694 – 14 June 1752) was a French painter, art critic, and playwright. He became court painter to the French king and director of the Académie Royale. He inherited the title of ''Garde des tableaux et dessins ...

; a copy of the ''Bénédicité'' and ''la Mère laborieuse'' by Jean-Siméon Chardin; ''le Philosophe'', ''le Buveur'' and ''le Cuisinier flamand'', after

David Teniers the Younger David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist ...

; '' Saint Jean-Baptiste'' after

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...

and ''l’Évêque Fléchier'' after

Hyacinthe Rigaud Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (; 18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud (), was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility. Biography Rigau ...

; the portraits of ''C. Mellan'' and ''Fléchier'', for the suite by , ''la Vie champêtre'', after

François Boucher François Boucher ( , ; ; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories ...

(1741); ''l’Amour moissonneur et l’Amour oiseleur'' by the same artist, ''Le Déjeuné'', a print with the mention: "Engraved etchings by Lépicié" but

Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc (), ''duc de Vaujours'', ''Duchy of La Vallière, ''duc de La Vallière' (9 October 1708 – 16 November 1780), was a French nobleman, Bibliophilia, bibliophile and military man. The present ''Viscounts and Du ...

attributes the work to her. Besides these works previously mentioned, the following engravings are also signed simply ''Lépicié'': *''Caffé charmant ta liqueur agréable'' *''De Bacchus calme les accès'' *''Ton feu divin dissipe de la table'' *''Et les dégoûts et les excès.''

''Le Cuisinier Flamand''

File:Renee Elisabeth Marlié Lépicié after David Teniers II - Le Cuisinier Flamand, 1748.jpg, by Renee Elisabeth Marlié Lépicié File:David Teniers II - Butchershop ( Le Cuisinier Flamand).jpg, by

David Teniers II David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist ...

She died in the dwelling occupied by her husband in the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

, which had been left to her. Her son, the painter

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (16 June 1735 – 15 September 1784) was a French painter and teacher of painting, the son of two well-known engravers at the time, François-Bernard Lépicié and Renée-Élisabeth Marlié. Lépicié was famous in hi ...

designed boards for the continuation of ''l’Histoire de France'', which was finished by

Jean-Michel Moreau Jean-Michel Moreau (26 March 1741 – 30 November 1814), also called Moreau le Jeune ("the younger"), was a French draughtsman, illustrator and engraver. Biography Moreau le Jeune, as he is usually called, was born in Paris. He was the pupil of ...

Sources

* ''Abecedario de P.-J. Mariette, et autres notes inédites de cet amateur sur les arts et les artistes, work published by MM. Ph. de Chennevières and A. de Montaiglon'', Paris, J.-B. Dumoulin, 1851/53-1859/60. * Roger Portalis and Henri Beraldi, ''Les Graveurs du dix-huitième siècle'', vol. I, Paris, Morgand et Fatout, 1880–82, (p. 662), . * Michael Bryan and G.C. Williamson, ''Bryan’s dictionary of painters and engravers'', vol.3, Londob, G. Bell and sons, 1904, (p. 212).

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