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Bernard Picart (11th Jun, 1673 - 8th May, 1733)

Homme jouant de la basse de viole, assis sur un ployant

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Photo (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Suzanne Nagy

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Title:

Homme jouant de la basse de viole, assis sur un ployant

Periods:

XVIIIth century

Techniques:

Dimensions:

123 x 80

Inventory number:

INV32360-Bis-recto-folio5

Detail:

Album Picart Bernard -1- Folio 5 rapporté au recto

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Born:

11th Jun, 1673

Dead:

8th May, 1733

Country:

France

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Bernard Picart (11 June 1673 – 8 May 1733), was a French engraver, son of Etienne Picart, also an engraver. He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. He moved to Antwerp in 1696, and then spent a year in Amsterdam before returning to France at the end of 1698. After his wife died in 1708, he moved to Amsterdam in 1711 (later being joined by his father), where he became a Protestant convert and married again. Most of his work was book-illustrations, including the Bible and Ovid. His most famous… Read more...