Pierre Charles Baquoy
Pierre Charles Baquoy (27 July 1759 – 4 February 1829) was a French painter and engraver, known for depictions of famous historical characters. Baquoy was born and died in Paris. In his time he was considered an eminent artist-engraver and among other things was a professor of drawing and an employee of the Musee Royal.
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Pierre Charles Baquoy
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- Name
- Pierre Charles Baquoy
- Born
- 27 July 1759
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 4 February 1829 (aged 69)
- Field
- Painting, engraving
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker and copper engraver.
- Languages
- French.
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Pierre Charles Baquoy (27 July 1759 – 4 February 1829) was a French painter and engraver, known for depictions of famous historical characters. Baquoy was born and died in Paris. In his time he was considered an eminent artist-engraver and among other things was a professor of drawing and an employee of the Musee Royal.
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He was the illustrator of the Kehl edition of Voltaire and also produced some of the engravings for the 1788-1793 Complete Works of Rousseau (Émile and Theátre et Poesies) He was also one of the painters depicting contemporary society in Paris for early fashion magazines such as the Journal des Dames et des Modes and "La Mesangere" (published between 1797 and 1839). His drawings of this kind, like those of others such as the La Mesangere editor Pierre Antoine Leboux de la Mesangere, Paul Gavarni, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet and Louis-Marie Lanté are considered an essential resource for the study of the fashion and society of the time.
Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse. Iconographic Collections
After Gerard de Lairesse · https: Gallery: https: Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29)
Jean-Michel Moreau: Illustration Kapitel 19 der Novelle Candide für die Ausgabe der Gesamtwerke Voltaires Kehl, 1787
Jean-Michel Moreau, Zeichner · Selbstgefertigter Scan eines Kupferstichs aus eigenem Bildarchiv
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• Name — Pierre Charles Baquoy • Born — 27 July 1759 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 4 February 1829 (aged 69) • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting, engraving
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1759
Pierre Charles Baquoy born at Paris.
1829
Pierre Charles Baquoy died at Paris.
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• 1=Caesarea (Straton’s Tower), view of Caius Caesar's Cenotaph. In the front, tents of a caravan. Between the foothills and the mountains in the back, galloping horsemen. 1799. • Frederic et Voltaire, circa 1796 - 1798 • Pierre Charles Baquoy, Napoleon at St. Helen • Les petits parrains (The little godfathers) • 1787 Illustration for Chapter 19 of Voltaire's Candide in "Os anos que salvaram a reputação de Voltaire" (Portuguese-language article) • Microfilm collection of
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- 1.Baquoy's career is mentioned by Dr. David Charlton, 'A maitre d'orchestre . . . Conducts': New and Old Evidence on French Practice' in Early Music, Vol. 21, No. 3, French Baroque II (Aug., 1993),
- 2.Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Engravings for Oeuvres completes de J. J. Rousseau: Guide.
- 3.Heather Belnap Jensen, The Journal des Dames et des Modes: Fashioning Women in the Arts, c. 1800-1815 The Journal des Dames et des Modes: Fashioning Women in the Arts, c. 1800-1815 by Heather Belnap Jensen
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