Henri (de) Gissey (ca 1621 – 1673) was a French draughtsman and designer who held the post of dessinateur de la Chambre et du cabinet de Roi in the Menus Plaisirs du Roi in the early years of Louis XIV of France. Jean Bérain the Elder, who succeeded him in the post, is likely to have been in some sense his pupil. Gissey's appointment made him responsible for the expressions of court style, above all in the elaborately costumed and produced ballets de cour, in which the young king danced among… Read more...

Author:

Jean I Berain

Also known as:

Jean, the elder Bérain

Jean, I Berain

Jean Louis Berain

Jean Berain the Elder

Jean Berain

Jean Bérain

Jean, I Bérain

Born:

4th Jun, 1640

Dead:

24th Jan, 1711

Country:

France

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Jean Berain the Elder (Saint-Mihiel, Meuse, 1637 – 24 January 1711, Paris) was a draughtsman and designer, painter and engraver of ornament, the artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi where all the designs originated for court spectacle, from fêtes to funerals, and many designs for furnishings not covered by the Bâtiments du Roi. The "Berainesque" style of light arabesques and playful grotesques was an essential element in the style Régence that led to the French rococo.… Read more...