Jean Audran (1667–1756) was a French engraver and printmaker. The brother of
Benoit, and the third son of
Germain Audran, he was born at
Lyons in 1667. After learning the rudiments of the art under his father, he was placed under the care of his uncle, the famous
Gérard Audran, in Paris. Before he was twenty years of age he displayed uncommon ability, and became a very celebrated
engraver. In 1706 he was made engraver to the king, with a pension and apartments at the
Gobelins. The hand of a great master is discernible in all his plates; and without having attained the extraordinary perfection of Gérard Audran, his claim to excellence is very considerable. He died in 1756. His principal prints are:
The dead Christ, with the Marys, St. John, and Nicodemus; after
Poussin.
The Rape of the Sabines; after Poussin; his most esteemed print.
St. Scholastica at the point of Death; after J.
Restout.
Andromache entreating for her Son; after
L. Silvestre.
Henri IV deliberating on his future Marriage; after Rubens.
Henri IV departing for the German War; after the same.
The Coronation of Marie de Médicis; after the same. [The three last form part of the Luxembourg Gallery.]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Audran, Jean". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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Jean Audran (1667–1756) was a French engraver and printmaker. The brother of
Benoit, and the third son of
Germain Audran, he was born at
Lyons in 1667. After learning the rudiments of the art under his father, he was placed under the care of his uncle, the famous
Gérard Audran, in Paris. Before he was twenty years of age he displayed uncommon ability, and became a very celebrated
engraver. In 1706 he was made engraver to the king, with a pension and apartments at the
Gobelins. The hand of a great master is discernible in all his plates; and without having attained the extraordinary perfection of Gérard Audran, his claim to excellence is very considerable. He died in 1756. His principal prints are:
The dead Christ, with the Marys, St. John, and Nicodemus; after
Poussin.
The Rape of the Sabines; after Poussin; his most esteemed print.
St. Scholastica at the point of Death; after J.
Restout.
Andromache entreating for her Son; after
L. Silvestre.
Henri IV deliberating on his future Marriage; after Rubens.
Henri IV departing for the German War; after the same.
The Coronation of Marie de Médicis; after the same. [The three last form part of the Luxembourg Gallery.]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Audran, Jean". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean Audran.