François Collignon
Illustration — Château de Moyen by François Collignon François Collignon (c. 1609 – 18 January 1687) was an engraver, print-seller and publisher from the Duchy of Lorraine. Collignon was born in Nancy, Duchy of Lorraine.
Also recorded as Francois Collignon · François Colignon · Jean Baptiste Collignon
François Collignon
- Died
- 1687 · Rome.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- printmaker · publisher · printseller · artist · etcher
- Fields
- visual arts · publishing house
- Teachers
- Jacques Callot
- Languages
- French
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He initially locally trained in the studio of Jacques Callot. After 1630 he moved to Italy where he continued his studies and established his own business. Although he started as an engraver, Collignon became a major figure in publishing and print-selling. Artists he produced works for included Pietro Testa, Cornelis Bloemaert, Pietro da Cortona, Nicolas Poussin, Charles Le Brun, Simon Vouet, and Jean Le Pautre. The Flemish publisher and engraver Arnold van Westerhout who lived in Rome at that time bought the stock of François Collignon after his death in 1687.
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François Collignon (1610 – 18 January 1687) is described as an etcher in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. François Collignon was born in Nancy (1610) and died in Rome (18 January 1687).
Training under Jacques Callot is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is visual arts and publishing house. Places of work recorded in the authority are Nancy, Augsburg and Rome. Work by François Collignon is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Art Institute of Chicago and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes.
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1610
François Collignon born at Nancy.
1687
François Collignon died at Rome.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Francois Collignon, François Colignon and Jean Baptiste Collignon. His recorded language was French.
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Art Institute of Chicago and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
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