Charles Audran (1594–1674) was a French engraver.

Life

Charles Audran was the first of the Audran family who became eminent in the art of

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. He was born in Paris in 1594. In his boyhood he showed a great disposition for the art. He received some instruction in drawing, and when still young went to Rome to complete his studies. There he produced some plates that were admired. He adopted that species of engraving that is entirely performed with the graver, and seems to have modeled his style on that of

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. On his return to France he lived for some time in

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s, but finally settled in Paris, where he died in 1674, aged 80. He marked his prints, which are very numerous, in the early part of his life with a "C-", until his brother

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, who also engraved a few plates, marked them with the same letter; he then changed it for K., as the initial of Karl. The following are his principal prints :

Portraits

*'' Henri of Condé, with the Four Cardinal Virtues''; K. Audran, sc.; oval. *''Andre Laurent, physician to Henry IV''; oval. *''

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''; oval, with ornaments; after

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. *An allegorical subject, of two Portraits, with a Genius painting a third Portrait; inscribed on the pallet, unus ex duobus; signed C. Audran, fecit.

Subjects after different masters

*The title for the ''Gallery of the Great Women'', representing Anne of Austria and nineteen other eminent women, with a subject from their life in the background; after

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. *''The Annunciation''; inscribed Spiritus Sanctus, fe.; after

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, incorrectly attributed on the plate to

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; very fine; it is the picture in the Cathedral at Bologna. *''The Baptism of Christ''; small oval; after Ann. Carracci; unsigned. *''St. Francis de Paula''; after

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; marked Carl. Audran, so. *''The Stoning of Stephen''; after Palma 'the younger'. *''The Conception of the Virgin Mary''; after

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. *''The Nativity''; after the same. *''The Holy Family, with St. Catharine and Angels''; after the same; fine. *''The Virgin and Infant Jesus, St. John presenting an Apple, and St. Catharine kneeling''; after

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. *''The Virgin Mary and Infant Jesus treading on the Serpent''; after G. L. Valesio. *''A Thesis, representing Religion as the true Knowledge''; inscribed Non judiciamus, etc.; after C. Vignon. *''St. Francis de Paula in ecstasy before the Sacrament''; after S. Vouet. *Frontispiece for a Book, ''Fame holding the Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin''; after the same. *''The Assumption of the Virgin''; after

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's ' Künstler-Lexikon' lists 223 of his works.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Audran, Charles 1594 births 1674 deaths 17th-century French engravers Engravers from Paris