Jean Matheus
Jean Matheus (c. 1590–1672) was a 17th-century French engraver who flourished during the 1620s. He is best known for his work in Nicholas Renouard's edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published in Paris in 1619 and engraved portraits of saints.
Jean Matheus
Jean Matheus · [1], [2] · Public domain
- Born
- 1590.
- Died
- 1672.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- Middle French.
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Jean Matheus (c. 1590–1672) was a 17th-century French engraver who flourished during the 1620s. He is best known for his work in Nicholas Renouard's edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published in Paris in 1619 and engraved portraits of saints.
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Frontispiece: Elementorum philosophiae sectio tertia de cive,
Thomas Hobbes (author) / Jean Matheus (engraver) · Houghton Library
Identificatie Titel(s): Bruiloft te Kana. Vita Deiparae Virginis Mariae (serietitel). Leven van de maagd Maria (serietitel)
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1590
Jean Matheus born.
1672
Jean Matheus died.
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