Samuel Bernard

The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Samuel Bernard is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Prints and Photographs Department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Born to a Protestant family in Paris in 1615, he was the son of Noel Bernard, a painter. He was a pupil of both Simon Vouet and of Louis du Guernier, and began his artistic career painting frescos. Bernard moved on to painting miniatures before finally devoting himself entirely to engraving. Some still lifes, painted in the early 1660s, are also known. He joined the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on its foundation in 1648 and became a professor there in 1655. He was expelled on religious grounds in 1681, but restored to his post following his recantation of Protestantism four years later. He died in Paris in 1687. The financier Samuel Bernard was his son.

He engraved plates, both in line and in mezzotint. They include:

• Charles Louis, Duke of Bavaria; after van Dyck. • Louis du Guernier, miniature painter. • Philip, Count of Bethune. • Anne Tristan de la Beaume de Luze, Archbishop of Paris; after De Troy. • The Apparition of St. Peter and St. Paul to Attila; after Raphael. His best work. • The Young Astyanax discovered by Ulysses in the Tomb of Hector; after Bourdon. • The Crucifixion; after Ph. de Champagne. • The Virgin Mary, with the dead Christ; after the same. • The Ascension; after the same. • An allegorical subject of Concord. • The Flight into Egypt; after Guido.

• The Portrait of Louis XIV; oval. • Sebastian, le Prestre de Vauban; after F. de Troy. • The Nativity; after Rembrandt. • A Herdsman driving Cattle. • An Ox Market; after B. Castiglione. • The Kepose; called La Zingara; after Correggio.

The authorities additionally record the headings Jacques-Samuel Bernard, samuel bernard and Sam. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was Protestantism. He was the child of Noël Bernard and Madeleine Sevin. 2 children are recorded: Samuel Bernard and Madeleine Bernard. Recognition and collections.