Guillaume Philippe Benoist
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Guillaume Philippe Benoist (1725 – 1770) was a French engraver, who spent the later part of his life in England.
Life
Benoist was born near Coutances, Normandy, in 1725. He lived in London during the later part of his life, and died there in 1770. He engraved some portraits, and a few other subjects.[1] Writing in the late 18th century, Joseph Strutt noted that "he chiefly confined himself to small plates, which he executed in a fine style, though with little taste."[2]
Works
The following plates are by him:[1]
Portraits
- Galileo Galilei after F. Villamena.
- The President de Montesquieu.
- Alexander Pope.
- Rosen de Rosenstein, physician.
- Sir Isaac Newton.
- Blaise Pascal.
- Albert Haller.
- Mlle. Clairon, actress.
- Jacques Andre Joseph Aved, painter after Aved.
Subjects
- Jupiter and Juno after Giuliano di Parma.
- Bathsheba bathing after Bonnieu.
References
- ^ a b Bryan 1886
- ^ Strutt, Joseph (1786). "Benoist". A Biographical Dictionary Containing All the Engravers, From the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Day. Vol. 1. London: Robert Faulder. p. 82.
Sources
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Benoist, Guillaume Philippe". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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