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André Bouys (1656–1740) was a French
portrait painter
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and mezzotint
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engraver.
Biography
Bouys was born atHyères
Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
The old town lies from the sea clustered aroun ...
about the year 1656. He studied under François de Troy, and acquired sufficient reputation to gain admission into the Academy
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in 1688, when he presented a portrait of the painter Charles de La Fosse, now at Versailles
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, where there are likewise two portraits of himself, one of them representing also his first wife. He died in Paris in 1740, having engraved several portraits, among which are the following:
*''Andre Bonys and his first Wife''.
*''Francois de Troy, painter''.
*'' Claude Gros, de Boze''; And. Boys pinx. ad vivum. 1708.
*''François Rene, Marquis de Bellay''; Boys pinx.
*''Jean Baptiste Massillon
Jean-Baptiste Massillon, CO (24 June 1663, Hyères – 28 September 1742, Beauregard-l'Évêque), was a French Catholic prelate and famous preacher who served as Bishop of Clermont from 1717 until his death.
Biography
Early years
Massillo ...
, Bishop of Clermont''; Boys fec.
*'' Marin Marais'', famous musician. (pictured)
References
*External links
* 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 17th-century French engravers 18th-century French engravers Year of birth unknown 1740 deaths People from Hyères French portrait painters 1656 births 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub