- Jean Le Pautre
Jean le Pautre (1618-1682), was a French designer and
engraver . Le Pautre was an apprentice to a carpenter and builder. In addition to learning mechanical and constructive work, he developed considerable skill with the pencil. His designs, innumerable in quantity and exuberant in content, consisted mainly of ceilings, friezes, chimney-pieces, doorways and mural decorations. He also devised fire-dogs, sideboards, cabinets, console tables, mirrors and other pieces of furniture.Le Pautre was long employed at the
Gobelins manufactory . His work is often very flamboyant and elaborate. He frequently used amorini and swags, arabesques and cartouches in his work. His chimney-pieces, in contrast, were often simple and elegant. His engraved plates, nearly 1,500 in number, are almost entirely original and include a portrait of himself. He made many designs forAndre Charles Boulle .He became a member of the academy of
Paris in 1677.External links
*http://www.oldmasterprint.com/pautre2.htm
*http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/finding_aids/lepautre.htmlReferences
*1911
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