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Pierre Drevet

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.67.43
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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The Drevet Family were leading portrait engravers of France for over a hundred years. Their fame began with Pierre, and was sustained by his son, Pierre-Imbert, and by his nephew, Claude.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (12)

Portrait of René François de Beauveau du Rivau

1727 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Image: 44.1 × 35.2 cm (17 3/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate: 49.2 × 36.4 cm (19 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 50.1 × 37.1 cm (19 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Robert de Cotte

1722 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Plate: 42.9 × 30.6 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44.4 × 31.8 cm (17 1/2 × 12 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Adrien-Maurice, Duke of Noailles

1721 · Engraving on tan wove paper

Image/sheet; cut within plate: 44.5 × 36 cm (17 9/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hyacinthe Rigaud

1714 · engraving on paper

width: 352 cm, height: 500 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Louis XIV

1712 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Image: 68.4 × 51.3 cm (26 15/16 × 20 1/4 in.); Plate: 68.8 × 51.7 cm (27 1/8 × 20 3/8 in.); Sheet: 70.2 × 53 cm (27 11/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van Philippe de Courcillon

1703 · engraving on paper

height: 375 cm, width: 275 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Hyacinthe Rigaud

1700 · Engraving on ivory wove paper

Image: 45.5 × 33.8 cm (17 15/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Sheet; cut within plate: 50.1 × 35.3 cm (19 3/4 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen

1699 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 45.2 × 36.2 cm (17 13/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van Jean-Balthazar Keller aan een kanon, wijzend naar een ruiterstandbeeld van Lodewijk XIV van Frankrijk

1699 · engraving on paper

height: 458 cm, width: 356 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Léonard de Lamet

1699 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Image: 43.3 × 33.1 cm (17 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Plate: 47.1 × 34.1 cm (18 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 39.9 cm (22 3/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van Marie de L'Aubespine

1698 · engraving on paper

width: 345 cm, height: 469 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Jean François Paul de Bonne de Créqui

1691 · engraving on paper

width: 269 cm, height: 369 cm

Rijksmuseum

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12 published of 12 catalogued · 12 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
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Portret van Philippe de Courcillon
1703 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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