Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

JEAN AUDRAN

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 899 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

JEAN See also:AUDRAN , See also:nephew of See also:Gerard, was See also:born at See also:Lyons in 1667. After having received instructions from his See also:father, he went to See also:Paris to perfect himself in the See also:art of See also:engraving under his See also:uncle, next to whom he was the most distinguished member of his See also:family. At the See also:age of twenty his See also:genius began to display itself in a surprising manner; and his subsequent success was such, that in 1707 he obtained the See also:title of engraver to the See also:king, See also:Louis XIV., who allowed him a See also:pension, with apartments in the Gobelins; and the following See also:year he was made a member of the Royal See also:Academy. He was eighty years of age before he quitted the graver, and nearly ninety when he died. The best prints of this artist are those which appear not so pleasing to the See also:eye at first sight. In these the See also:etching constitutes a See also:great See also:part; and he has finished them in a bold, rough See also:style. The " See also:Rape of the Sabines," after Poussin, is considered his masterpiece.

End of Article: JEAN AUDRAN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
JEAN ALPHONSE TURRETIN (1671-1737) 		[next]
JEAN COQUELIN (1865– )

Site © 2006 - Net Industries