Étienne Baudet, an eminent French engraver

Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...

, was born at Vineuil

Vineuil, Loir-et-Cher

Vineuil is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.-See also:*Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department...

, in the department of Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher is a département in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher.-History:Loir-et-Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais and...

, about 1636. He was a pupil of Sébastien Bourdon

Sébastien Bourdon

Sébastien Bourdon was a French painter and engraver. His chef d'œuvre is The Crucifixion of St. Peter made for the cathedral of Notre Dame....

 and Cornelis Bloemaert

Cornelis Bloemaert

Cornelis Bloemaert II , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.-Biography:Bloemaert was born at Utrecht. He studied with his father, Abraham Bloemaert, his brothers Hendrick and Adriaan, and his father's pupil, Gerard van Honthorst...

, and afterwards went to Rome, and appears to have adopted the manner of Cornelis Bloemaert in his earliest plates, which are executed entirely with the graver

Burin

Burin from the French burin meaning "cold chisel" has two specialised meanings for types of tools in English, one meaning a steel cutting tool which is the essential tool of engraving, and the other, in archaeology, meaning a special type of lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which was probably...

. He afterwards on his return to Paris altered his manner, and calling in the assistance of the point

Drypoint

Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point. Traditionally the plate was copper, but now acetate, zinc, or plexiglas are also commonly used...

, he executed his best prints, which bear a strong resemblance to the manner of Jean Baptiste Poilly. He made an excellent choice in the subjects of his plates, which are from the works of some of the most distinguished masters of Italy and France. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Paris

Académie de peinture et de sculpture

The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture , Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Paris already had the Académie de Saint-Luc, which was a city artist guild like any other Guild of Saint Luke...

, in which city he died in 1711.
The following are his principal works:

Portraits

• Pope Clement IX
  Pope Clement IX
  Pope Clement IX , born Giulio Rospigliosi, was Pope from 1667 to 1669.-Early life:Born Giulio Rospigliosi to a noble family of Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, he was a pupil of the Jesuits. After receiving his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Pisa, he taught theology there...
  
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• Charles Perrault
  Charles Perrault
  Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue...
  
  ; after C. Le Brun
  Charles Le Brun
  Charles Le Brun , a French painter and art theorist, became the all-powerful, peerless master of 17th-century French art.-Biography:-Early life and training:...
  
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• Louisa, Duchess of Portsmouth
  Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
  Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth was a mistress of Charles II of England. Through her son by Charles II, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, she is ancestress of both wives of The Prince of Wales: the late Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as The Duchess of...
  
  , as Venus, caressing a Dove; after H. Gascar
  Henri Gascar
  Henri Gascar was a French-born portrait painter who achieved artistic success in England during the reign of Charles II. He painted many leading ladies at court, including several of the King's mistresses, before returning to Paris...
  
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• Bust of the Emperor Adrian
  Hadrian
  Hadrian , was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. In Rome, he re-built the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. In addition to being emperor, Hadrian was a humanist and was philhellene in...
  
  , from the antique.
• Bust of a Roman Lady.

Subjects after various masters

• The Virgin teaching the Infant Jesus to read; after Albani
  Francesco Albani
  Francesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early years in Bologna:Born 1578 in Bologna, his father was a silk merchant who intended to instruct his son in the same trade; but by age twelve, Albani became an apprentice under the competent mannerist painter Denis Calvaert, where he...
  
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• The Woman of Samaria; after the same.
• Four plates of the Loves of Venus and Adonis; after the same ; engraved at Rome in 1672.
• Four circular prints of the Four Elements; after the same; dated 1695.
• The Nativity; after J. Blanchard
  Jacques Blanchard
  Jacques Blanchard , also known as Jacques Blanchart, was a French baroque painter who was born in Paris. He was raised and taught by his uncle, the painter Nicolas Bollery...
  
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• The Holy Family; after S. Bourdon; round.
• Six Landscapes; after the same.
• The dead Christ on the Knees of the Virgin Mary; after Annibale Carracci
  Annibale Carracci
  Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...
  
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• The Stoning of Stephen; after the same. 1677.
• Adam and Eve; after Domenichino; very fine.
• Six — Of the great Staircase at Versailles; after Le Brun; that of the ceiling is engraved by C. Simmoneau.
• The Communion of the Primitive Christians; after C. de la Fosse
  Charles de La Fosse
  Charles de La Fosse , French painter, was born in Paris.He was one of the most noted and least servile pupils of Le Brun, under whose direction he shared in the chief of the great decorative works undertaken in the reign of Louis XIV. Leaving France in 1662, he spent two years in Rome and three in...
  
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• Moses treading on the Crown of Pharaoh; after N. Poussin
  Nicolas Poussin
  Nicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
  
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• Moses striking the Rock; after the same.
• The Worshipping of the Golden Calf; after the same.
• The Holy Family; after the same.
• Venus reposing; after the same; dated 1666.
• Four Grand Landscapes; after the same; dedicated to the Prince of Condé. Dated 1684.
• Four other Grand Landscapes; after the same; dedicated to the King of France.
• The Tribute Money; after Valentin
  Valentin de Boulogne
  Valentin de Boulogne , sometimes referred to as Le Valentin, was a French painter.-Origins:Valentin was born in Coulommiers, France, where he was baptised in the parish of Saint-Denys on January 3, 1591, making 1590 his likely year of birth...
  
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