See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

GERARD, or See also:

• GIRARD, JEAN BAPTISTE [known as " Le Pere Girard " or" Le Pere Gregoire "] (1765-185o)
• GIRARD, PHILIPPE HENRI DE (1775-1845)
• GIRARD, STEPHEN (1750-1831)

GIRARD, See also:

• AUDRAN
• AUDRAN, EDMOND (1842-19o1)

AUDRAN  , the most celebrated See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French engraver, was the third son of See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude See also:

• AUDRAN
• AUDRAN, EDMOND (1842-19o1)

Audran, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons in 164o . He was taught the first principles of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design and See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving by his See also:

• FATHER

father; and, following the example of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris to perfect himself in his See also:

• ART

art . He there, in 1666, engraved for Le Brun " See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine's See also:

• BATTLE

Battle with See also:

• MAXENTIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS

Maxentius," his " See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

Triumph," and the " Stoning of See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen," which gave See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction to the painter, and placed Attdran in the very first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of engravers at Paris . Next See also:

• YEAR

year he set out for See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he resided three years, and engraved several See also:

• FINE

fine plates . That great See also:

• PATRON

patron of the arts, J . B . See also:

• COLBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE (1619-1683)

Colbert, was so struck with the beauty of Audran's See also:

• WORKS

works, that he persuaded See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV. to recall him to Paris . On his return he applied himself assiduously to engraving, and was appointed engraver to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, from whom he received great encouragement . In the year 1681 he was admitted to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . He died at Paris in 1703 . His engravings of Le Brun's " Battles of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander " are regarded as the best of his numerous works . " He was," says the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe Fontenay, " the most celebrated engraver that ever existed in the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• LINE

line .

We have several subjects, which he engraved from his own designs, that manifested as much See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste as See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and facility . But in the ` Battles of Alexander' he surpassed even the expectations of Le Brun himself." See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard published in 1683 a See also:

• WORK

work entitled See also:

• LES

Les Proportions du See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps humain mesurees sur les plus belles figures de l'antiquite .