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See also: Claude See also: Audran, and was See also: born at See also: Lyons in 164o
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He was taught the first principles of design and See also: engraving by his See also: father; and, following the example of his See also: brother, went to See also: Paris to perfect himself in his See also: art
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He there, in 1666, engraved for Le Brun " See also: Constantine's See also: Battle with See also: Maxentius," his " See also: Triumph," and the " Stoning of See also: Stephen," which gave See also: great satisfaction to the painter, and placed Attdran in the very first See also: rank of engravers at Paris
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Next See also: year he set out for See also: Rome, where he resided three years, and engraved several See also: fine plates
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That great See also: patron of the arts, J
.
B
.
See also: Colbert, was so struck with the beauty of Audran's See also: works, that he persuaded See also: Louis XIV. to recall him to Paris
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On his return he applied himself assiduously to engraving, and was appointed engraver to the
See also: king, from whom he received great encouragement
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In the year 1681 he was admitted to the council of the Royal
See also: Academy
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He died at Paris in 1703
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His engravings of Le Brun's " Battles of See also: Alexander " are regarded as the best of his numerous works
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" He was," says the
See also: Abbe Fontenay, " the most celebrated engraver that ever existed in the See also: historical See also: line
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We have several subjects, which he engraved from his own designs, that manifested as much taste as character and facility . But in the ` Battles of Alexander' he surpassed even the expectations of Le Brun himself."See also: Gerard published in 1683 a See also: work entitled See also: Les Proportions du corps humain mesurees sur les plus belles figures de l'antiquite
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