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

Scènes de la vie du diacre Pâris

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée de Port-Royal des Champs) / Franck Raux

Magny-les-Hameaux, musée de Port-Royal des Champs

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About the artwork

Title:

Scènes de la vie du diacre Pâris

Periods:

XVIIIth century

Techniques:

Dimensions:

170 x 125

Inventory number:

1975-1-002;PRD04

Detail:

Monsieur de Pâris encore enfant se lève la nuit pour prier à l'insu de son précepteur

Location:

Magny-les-Hameaux, musée de Port-Royal des Champs

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...