Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers
Illustration — Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers • Illustration — Portrait of Jacques Rohault by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668, Lyon – 1741, Paris) was an 18th-century French engraver best known for his small portraits of his contemporaries.
Also recorded as Étienne Jehandier Desrochers · Etienne-Jahandier Desrochers · Etienne Jahandier · Jean Andier des Rochers
Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers
Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers was born on 6 February 1668. · Lyon.
- Died
- Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers died on 8 March 1741. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- copper engraver, publisher, printmaker and artist.
- Fields
- visual arts and publishing house.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers • Illustration — Portrait of Jacques Rohault by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668, Lyon – 1741, Paris) was an 18th-century French engraver best known for his small portraits of his contemporaries.
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The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is visual arts and publishing house. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Lyon and Paris. Work by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery and CODA Museum.
• Collection of engravings in London • John Theophilus Desaguliers • "Portrait of John Law, half-length, head turned to the right, with unrolled parchment in left hand; within oval. 1720" • "Danae, sprawling semi-nude on a richly draped bed… (1700-1702" • "Prince Eugene of Savoy, head-and-shoulders portrait..."
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1668
Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers was born in 1668 at Lyon.
1741
Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers died in 1741 at Paris.
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Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers was born at Lyon.
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Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers died at Paris.
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Lyon.
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Main illustrated books
• Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, Paris & La Haye, chez Henry Van Bulderen, marchand libraire dans le Pooten, à l'enseigne de Mezeray, 1688 [?]. • Nicolas de La Mare, Traité de la police, Paris, Jean & Pierre Cot, 1705-1719; rééd. chez Michel Brunet, 1722. • Nicolas Malebranche, De la recherche de la vérité..., Paris, chez Michel David, 1712. • Abbé de Bellegarde, De l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ, traduction nouvelle, plus ample que toutes les précédentes..., Paris, Imprimerie de Jacques Collombat, 1725. • Évrard Titon du Tillet, Le Parnasse françois, Paris, imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, 1732.
Claude Perrault. Line engraving by E. Desrochers., by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers
Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Jean Hamon. Line engraving by E. Desrochers., by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers
Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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- 1.« Procès-verbaux de l’Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1648-1793) publiés par Anatole de Montaiglon d’après les registres originaux conservés à l’École des Beaux-arts de Paris », B.S.H.A.F., Paris, J. Baur, 1875-1892.
- 2.Carl Heinrich von Heineken, Dictionnaire des artistes dont nous avons des estampes, avec une notice détaillée de leurs ouvrages gravés, chez Jean Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, 1790.
- 3.BnF, fiche auteur « Petit, Gilles-Edme (1694?-1760) ».
- 4.Utpictura, Les gravures d'Étirnne Jehandier Desrochers pour le théâtre italien de Gherardi
- 5.Abbé de Fontenai, Dictionnaire des artistes, chez Vincent, imprimeur-libraire, tome premier, 1776.
- 6.Roger Portalis et Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Damascène Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1881.
- 7.Bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu, Le chant de David, présentation de l'exposition, 2010
- 8.Musée basque et de l'histoire de Bayonne, Bayonne, berceau du jansénisme ?, 2012
- 9.Musées nationaux, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 10.Musée national de Port-Royal des Champs, Portrait d'Henri-Charles Arnauld de Pomponne
- 11.Musée national de Port-Royal des Champs, Portrait de Jean Hamon
- 12.Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Portrait de Démocrite
- 13.Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Portrait de Pyrhagore
- 14.Château de Versailles, Portrait de Jean Œcolampade
- 15.Château de Versailles, Portrait de Jean Fronteau
- 16.Château de Versailles, Portrait de Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon
- 17.Château de Versailles, Portrait de Jacques François Stuart
- 18.Universitätsbibliothek de Heidelberg, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 19.Bibliothèque de la ville de Trèves, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 20.Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 21.Académie Carrara, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 22.Les collectionss de Lombardie, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers
- 23.Bibliothèque Angelica, Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Morin de Villefranche
- 24.Bibliothèque Angelica, Portrait de Marc Antoine Muret
- 25.Bibliothèque Angelica, Portrait de Michel de Marolles
- 26.Bibliothèque Angelica, Portrait de François de La Mothe Le Vayer
- 27.Musée du couvent Sainte-Catherine, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 28.Bibliothèque nationale du Portugal, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 29.Scottish Portrait National Gallery, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 30.Bristish Museum, Portrait de John Law
- 31.British Museum, Danaé visitée par Jupiter
- 32.National Portrait Gallery, Étienne Jehandier Desrochers dans les collections
- 33.Victoria and Albert Museum, Portrait du Sultan Mehmed IV
Bibliography printed in the source article · 11
- Abbé de Fontenai, Dictionnaire des artistes, ou notice historique et raisonnée des architectes, peintres, graveurs, sculpteurs, musiciens, acteurs et danseurs, imprimeurs, horlogers et mécaniciens, chez Vincent, imprimeur-libraire, Paris, 1776.
- Carl Heinrich von Heineken, Dictionnaire des artistes dont nous avons des estampes, avec une notice détaillée de leurs ouvrages gravés, tome 4, chez Jean Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, Leipzig, 1790 (lire en ligne).
- Eustache-Marie Courtin, Encyclopédie moderne, ou dictionnaire des hommes et des choses, des sciences, des lettres et des arts, tome 8, chez Th. Lejeune, libraire-éditeur, La Haye, 1829.
- Paul Ackermann, Dictionnaire biographique universel et pittoresque, Aimé André libraire-éditeur, Paris, 1834.
- Georg Kaspar Nagler, Neueus allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, tome 3, E.A. Fleischmann, Münich, 1836.
- Eugène Piot. Desrochers (Étienne), graveur. État civil de quelques artistes français : extrait des registres des paroisses des anciennes archives de la Ville de Paris. Librairie Pagnerre. Paris. 1873. 35-36.
- Roger Portalis et Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Damascène Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1881 (lire en ligne).
- J. Lewine, Bibliography of eighteenth century art and illustrated books, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Londres, 1898.
- Michael Bryan, Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers, The Macmillan Company, Londres, 1903.
- Ulrich Thieme et Felix Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, tome 9, E.A. Seemann, 1913.
- Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, tome 4, Gründ, 1999.
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