Benoît Farjat
Benoît Farjat was a French printmaker (1646–1720). He was born at Lyon and died at Rome.
Also recorded as Benoit Farjat; Benito Farjat.
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Benoit Farjat and Benito Farjat. His recorded languages were French and Italian.
Identity
What the record establishes about Benoît Farjat.
Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Peter the Apostle and angels. Engraving by B. Fariat after Agostino Carracci. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Augustine of Hippo: a child compares its attempt to empty the sea with a spoon with Saint Augustine's attempts understand the Holy Trinity. Engraving by B. Farjat after A. Scilla. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Madonna of Loreto, within a niche with an angel on either side is dated 1650–1724 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 51.501.3002). The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 9 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 3 objects associated with this heading. Benoît Farjat is recorded with the citizenship of France.
Open Library catalogues 1 work under this name. Benoît Farjat is recorded as printmaker.
Works and catalogued output
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 3 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this heading.
Catalogued works
5 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection.
Henrici Nevvton, sivè de Nova Villa, Societatis Regiae, Londini, Arcadiae Romanae, Academiae Florentinae, et ejus quae vulgò vocatur della Crusca socii, Epistolae, orationes, et carmina. Madonna of Loreto, within a niche with an angel on either side, dated 1650–1724, etching, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 51.501.3002. Saint Augustine of Hippo: a child compares its attempt to empty the sea with a spoon with Saint Augustine's attempts understand the Holy Trinity. Engraving by B. Farjat after A. Scilla., held by Wellcome Collection. Saint John of God. Engraving by B. Fariat after L. Baldi., held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Peter the Apostle and angels. Engraving by B. Fariat after Agostino Carracci., held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1646Benoît Farjat born at Lyon.
- 1646Benoît Farjat was born in 1646 at Lyon.
- 1650Madonna of Loreto, within a niche with an angel on either side is dated 1650–1724 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 51.501.3002).
- 1650Madonna of Loreto, within a niche with an angel on either side (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1720Benoît Farjat died at Rome.
- 1720Benoît Farjat died in 1720 at Rome.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Open Library author record for Benoît Farjat (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Benoît Farjat (9 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Benoît Farjat.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2381761: Benoît Farjat
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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“Benoît Farjat”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Portrait gravé de Celestino Sfondrati (1644-1696)
Benoît Farjat / After Ludovico David · tirage original · Public domain
The picture record
Custodia de Juan de Arfe de la catedral de Sevilla . Grabado al buril y aguafuerte sobre cobre. Exposición Obra gráfica en la colección Fundación Cajasol. Sevilla, Andalucía, España. 2017.
Lucas Valdés. Benoit Farjat (grabador). · Colección de la Fundación Cajasol · Public domain
The picture recordElsewhere in Prints
4,138 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Benni EfratEngraver
- Benny AndrewsEngraver
- Benoît Audran the ElderEngraver
- Benoît Audran the YoungerEngraver
- Benoît-Louis PrévostEngraver
- Benton Murdoch SpruanceEngraver
- Bernard BaronEngraver
- Bernard BuffetEngraver
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