Jean Bérain the Younger
Illustration — Bérainesque grotesque decor on an 18th-century faience plate from Turin Jean Bérain the Younger (1678 in Paris–1726 in Paris) was a French designer, and son of Jean Bérain the Elder. Thus he planned the funeral ceremonies at Saint Denis Basilica on the death of the Dauphin, and afterwards made the designs for the obsequies of Louis XIV. He was perhaps best known as an engraver. He engraved eleven plates of the collection Ornements de peinture et de sculpture qui sont dans la galerie d'Apollon au chasteau du Louvre, et dans le grand appartement du roy au palais des Tuileries (Paris, 1710), which have been wrongly attributed to his father, the Mausolée du duc de Bourgogne, and that of Marie Louise Gabrielle de Savoie, reine d'Espagne (1714), etc.
Also recorded as Jean, II Bérain · Jean, the younger Bérain · Jean, II Berain · Jean Berain the Younger
Jean Bérain the Younger
Jean Bérain the Elder / Jean Bérain the Younger · Scan from the original work: Turner, Jane, editor (1998). The Dictionary of Art, reprinted with minor corrections, 34 volumes, vol. 3, p. 753. New York: Grove. ISBN 9781884446009. · Public domain
- Born
- 1670 · Paris.
- Died
- 1726 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- draftsperson · designer
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Bérainesque grotesque decor on an 18th-century faience plate from Turin Jean Bérain the Younger (1678 in Paris–1726 in Paris) was a French designer, and son of Jean Bérain the Elder. Thus he planned the funeral ceremonies at Saint Denis Basilica on the death of the Dauphin, and afterwards made the designs for the obsequies of Louis XIV. He was perhaps best known as an engraver. He engraved eleven plates of the collection Ornements de peinture et de sculpture qui sont dans la galerie d'Apollon au chasteau du Louvre, et dans le grand appartement du roy au palais des Tuileries (Paris, 1710), which have been wrongly attributed to his father, the Mausolée du duc de Bourgogne, and that of Marie Louise Gabrielle de Savoie, reine d'Espagne (1714), etc.
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His work is exceedingly difficult to distinguish from his father's, the similarity of style being remarkable.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are France.
Public festival, illumination and fireworks given by the Duke of Ossone... on the subject of the happy alliance of the king (Louis XV) with the Infanta of Spain (Mariana Victoria of Spain), launched in the middle of the Seine, opposite the Louvre and the Collège Mazarin on 24 March 1722 in the presence of their majesties (engraving)
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Public festival, illumination and fireworks given by the Duke of Ossone... on the subject of the happy alliance of the king (Louis XV) with the Infanta of Spain (Mariana Victoria of Spain), launched in the middle of the Seine, opposite the Louvre and the Collège Mazarin on 24 March 1722 in the presence of their majesties (engraving)
Jean Bérain the Younger · This file was derived from: Feste publique, illumination et feu d'artifice donné par S. E. Monsieur le duc d'Ossone 1722 - Gallica.png Gallica
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