Jacques de Sève
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742 – 1788) was a French illustrator.
Also recorded as Jacques De Seve
Jacques de Sève
Jacques de Sève · Public domain
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- France
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- illustrator · painter · naturalist · copper engraver · draftsperson · artist
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- French
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Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742 – 1788) was a French illustrator.
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De Sève was commissioned by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon to provide the quadruped illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749–1778, in 36 volumes) (François-Nicolas Martinet did the birds) and then Buffon's Recueil de Vingtquatre Plantes et Fleurs (1772). He also illustrated work by Duhamel du Monceau, Claude Perrault (later editions) and parts of Encyclopédie Méthodique. His illustrations are sometimes exact anatomical representations or show the animals against landscape backgrounds. They were engraved by Louis Le Grand. His son, Jacques Eustache also worked as an artist and engraver, contributing to the later Suites à Buffon. Together father and son produced thousands of illustrations.
Nitocris, Queen of Babylon, supervising the building of a bridge over the River Euphrates. Etching after J. de Seve., 1700-1799, by Jacques de Sève
Jacques de Sève · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Four figures: Geneviève, an albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin; the conjoint twins Hélène and Judith; and Maria Herig who had a skin disease. Engraving after J. de Sève, 1777., by Jacques de Sève
Jacques de Sève · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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