Jacques Renaud Benard
Illustration — A variety of plumes. Engraving by Jacques Renaud Benard after Degerantin (Wellcome) Jacques Renaud Benard (13 April 1731 – 4 July 1794), before 2019 incorrectly called Robert Bénard, was a French engraver. Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.
Also recorded as Robert Benard · Benard · Robert Bénard · Robert Besnard
Jacques Renaud Benard
![Processing of bismuth. Etching by Bénard., [between 1700 and 1799], by Jacques Renaud Benard](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0023569/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
Jacques Renaud Benard · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1731. · Rosny-sous-Bois.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- copper engraver, printmaker, encyclopédistes and illustrator.
- Fields
- illustration.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — A variety of plumes. Engraving by Jacques Renaud Benard after Degerantin (Wellcome) Jacques Renaud Benard (13 April 1731 – 4 July 1794), before 2019 incorrectly called Robert Bénard, was a French engraver. Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.
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Biographical research established in 2019 that his real name was Jacques Renaud Benard, that he was born in 1731 at Rosny-sous-Bois, and that he died in Paris in 1794.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is illustration. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Jacques Renaud Benard is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Ackland Art Museum, DIVA museum and TextielMuseum.
Mathematics: various surveying instruments. Engraving by Benard., by Jacques Renaud Benard
Jacques Renaud Benard · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Mathematics: various surveying instruments. Engraving by Benard., by Jacques Renaud Benard
Jacques Renaud Benard · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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1731
Jacques Renaud Benard was born in 1731 at Rosny-sous-Bois.
1777
Jacques Renaud Benard died in 1777 at Paris.
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