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François Poilly, or François de Poilly, (1623Born in 1622 or 1623 according to the sources. –1693) was a French engraver.


Biography

He was born in
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, the son of a
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who gave him his first drawing lessons. He was apprenticed to the Parisian engraver Pierre Daret. Poilly then travelled to Rome where he stayed for seven years with the engraver
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, where he acquired mastership of the art. He died in Paris.


Works

Poilly's is noted for approximately 400 engravings. He is known for mainly religious subjects after
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. He made the engraved illustrations of the ceremonial clothes of the orders mentioned in "Maximilien Bullot & Pierre Hélyot's ''Histoire des ordres ...''", Ed. Nicolas Gosselin, Paris, 1719
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Legacy

His apprentice
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has left of him a remarkable portrait, about which
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wrote: François' younger brother, Nicolas de Poilly (1626–1698), was an engraver too, as well as the latter's two sons,
Jean-Baptiste de Poilly Jean-Baptiste () is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was Ki ...
(1669–1728) and
Nicolas de Poilly the Younger Nicolas de Poilly (June 28, 1675 – August 12, 1747), also called Nicolas de Poilly the Younger, Nicolas de Poilly jeune, or Nicolas II de Poilly (to distinguish him from his father, Nicolas de Poilly the Elder), was an academically trained Frenc ...
(1675–1723).


See also

* Pierre Daret *
Cornelis Bloemaert Cornelis Bloemaert II (1603 – 28 September 1692), was a Dutch painter and engraver, who after training in the Dutch Republic worked most of his career in Rome. His workshop in Rome played an important role in spreading Italian art throughout E ...
* Boucher-de-Perthes Museum in
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References

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