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Laurent Cars (28 May 1699 – 14 April 1771) was a French designer and engraving, engraver.
He was born at Lyon, the son of Jean-François Cars, who took him when quite young to Paris, where it was not long before he distinguished himself. In 1733 he was received as an Académie de peinture et de sculpture, Academician upon his portraits of François and Michel Anguier, Michel Anguier and Sébastien Bourdon. Cars, who was the master of Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Beauvarlet, may be considered one of the best French engravers of the 18th century, in the kind of subjects he selected. He died in Paris in 1771. His best plates are those engraved after François Lemoyne, Lemoyne, particularly that of 'Hercules and Omphale,' and the series of illustrations after François Boucher, Boucher's designs to the Comedies of Molière, and after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Oudry to the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, La Fontaine. His work is extensive; the following are his principal plates:
*''The Adoration of the Shepherds''; after van Loo.
*''The Flight into Egypt''; after van Loo.
*''Bathsheba at the Bath''; after Jean François de Troy, De Troy.
*''Susannah and the Elders''; after Jean François de Troy, De Troy.
*''Adam and Eve in Paradise''; after Lemoyne.
*''Hercules and Omphale''; after Lemoyne.
*''Perseus and Andromeda''; after Lemoyne.
*''The Sacrifice of Iphigenia''; after Lemoyne.
*''Hercules and Cacus''; after Lemoyne.
*''Iris at the Bath''; after Lemoyne.(pictured)
*''Cephalus and Aurora''; after Lemoyne.
*''The Rape of Europa''; after Lemoyne.
*''Time discovering Truth''; after Lemoyne.
*''Monument in honour of the Duke of Marlborough''.
*''Silence''; after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Greuze.
*''L'Aveugle trompé'', after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Greuze.
*''The Fortune-teller''; after Antoine Watteau, Watteau.
*''The Venetian Festival''; after Antoine Watteau, Watteau.
*''A Convoy of Equipages''; after Antoine Watteau, Watteau.
Portraits
*''Louis XV of France, Louis XV, an allegorical portrait''; after Lemoyne. *''Louis XV'', an allegorical subject; after Boucher. *''Stanisław August Poniatowski, Stanislaus, King of Poland''; after van Loo. *''Michel Anguier, sculptor''; after Gabriel Revel, Revel. *''Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, Armand Gaston de Rohan''; after Hyacinthe Rigaud, Rigaud. *''Marie Leszczyńska, Marie Leszczinska, Queen of France''; after Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Van Loo. *''François Boucher, painter''; after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Cochin, fils. *''Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Jean Baptiste Chardin, painter''; after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Cochin, fils. *''Madame Chardin''; after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Cochin, fils. *''Mlle. Camargo, dancing''; after Nicolas Lancret, Lancret. *''La Clairon, Mlle. Clairon, in the part of Medea''.Subjects after various masters
*''The Adoration of the Shepherds''; after van Loo.
*''The Flight into Egypt''; after van Loo.
*''Bathsheba at the Bath''; after Jean François de Troy, De Troy.
*''Susannah and the Elders''; after Jean François de Troy, De Troy.
*''Adam and Eve in Paradise''; after Lemoyne.
*''Hercules and Omphale''; after Lemoyne.
*''Perseus and Andromeda''; after Lemoyne.
*''The Sacrifice of Iphigenia''; after Lemoyne.
*''Hercules and Cacus''; after Lemoyne.
*''Iris at the Bath''; after Lemoyne.(pictured)
*''Cephalus and Aurora''; after Lemoyne.
*''The Rape of Europa''; after Lemoyne.
*''Time discovering Truth''; after Lemoyne.
*''Monument in honour of the Duke of Marlborough''.
*''Silence''; after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Greuze.
*''L'Aveugle trompé'', after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Greuze.
*''The Fortune-teller''; after Antoine Watteau, Watteau.
*''The Venetian Festival''; after Antoine Watteau, Watteau.
*''A Convoy of Equipages''; after Antoine Watteau, Watteau.
Further reading
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