Description

Daullé Jean (1703-1763)

Portrait of Claude Deshais Gendron (1663-1750), Doctor of Medicine

Daullé Claude Deshais Gendron – Etching and Burin, 1737

Nice proof on laid paper by the engraver Jean Daullé ( Abbeville, 1703 – Paris, 1763 ) in 1737 after a painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud ( Perpignan, 1659 – Paris, 1743 )

Good margins – Dimensions of the sheet : H. 510 mm x L. 390 mm. – Dimensions at the copper limit : H. 460 mm x L. 355 mm.

Condition : usual fold reinforced on the back.

Daullé Claude Deshais Gendron – The engraving : ” half-figure with a hand holding a book placed on the sill of a window. This window adapted by M. Rigaud for the engraving” according to Hendrick van Hulst (1685-1754). In the cartouche at the bottom of the print: “Claudius Deshais Gendron / Doctor Med. Facult. Monspel.” On the base of the pedestal, at the bottom, respectively on the left and on the right: ” Painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud Écuyer chevalier de l’ordre de St Michel – Et gravé par J. Daullé 1737 “. Portalis considers the books very well rendered and the plate harmonious. See Delignières, 1876, n°24; Portalis & Béraldi, 1880-1882, I, p. 654, 671 (n°61); Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle / Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Tome VI, n°24, p. 71.

Jean Daullé (Abeille, 1703 – Paris, 1763) was a French engraver. Son of a goldsmith, he was trained as an engraver by Dom Robart, member of the priory of Saint-Pierre d’Abbeville. When he came to Paris, he entered the workshop of Robert Hecquet (1693-1775), who like him came from Picardy. His work was noticed in 1735, thanks to the engraved portrait of the Countess of Feuquières, notably by the merchant and engraver Jean Mariette, who recommended him from then on. Jean Daullé then became close to the painter Hyacinthe Rigaud with whom he would remain friends and who wanted to make him his official engraver. Daullé was admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1742, when he presented Hyacinthe Rigaud painting his wife, an engraving after the eponymous painting of the painter. Later, he was also admitted to the Academy of Augsburg.

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