Nicolas Pitau, or Pittou the Senior (13 May 1632 – 11 February 1671) was a Flemish-born French engraver and printmaker.
Biography
Born in Antwerp on 13 May 1632 Pitau began his training with his godfather
Nicolaes Lauwers (1600–1652), and his brother
(1622–1675) in around 1650.
In 1656 Pitau moved to Paris with Conrad, where he began producing etched plates after the work of
Philippe de Champaigne
Philippe de Champaigne (; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Duchy of Brabant, Brabant-born French people, French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French art, French school. He was a founding member of the Académie royale de pein ...
. In 1666 he began to publish plates after the work of
Gerard Edelinck
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this cas ...
. He married Magdalena de Vadder.
Nicolaes Pitau
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: ), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center in the world. The center specializes in document ...
On 4 June 1670 his son, Nicolas Pitau the Younger was born. A year later on 11 February 1671 Nicholas Pitau died in Paris.
References
External links
Works by Nicholas Pitau at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
17th-century Flemish engravers
1632 births
1671 deaths
Emigrants from the Spanish Netherlands
Immigrants to France
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