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Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (1702–1760) was a French engraver, portraitist, illustrator, and printmaker.
Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (1702–1760) was a French engraver, portraitist, illustrator, and printmaker.
Biography
Aveline was born inParis
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into a family of artists, including his father Pierre Aveline
Pierre Aveline (1656–1722), was a French engraver, print-publisher and print-seller.
Aveline was born in Paris
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and brother Antoine Aveline. In 1737 he joined the Académie de peinture et de sculpture
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(Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture) in Paris. He primarily worked with copperplate in his engraving. He is best known for his reproductions of other artists' works. For example, ''The Signboard of the Gersaint Gallery'' is a reproduction of '' L'Enseigne de Gersaint'' by Antoine Watteau
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.
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1702 births 1760 deaths 18th-century French engravers Engravers from Paris {{France-artist-stub