Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers

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Portrait of Jacques Rohault by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology

Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668, Lyon – 1741, Paris) was an 18th-century French engraver best known for his small portraits of his contemporaries.

Some Engravings

• Collection of engravings in London
• John Theophilus Desaguliers
• "Portrait of John Law, half-length, head turned to the right, with unrolled parchment in left hand; within oval. 1720"
• "Danae, sprawling semi-nude on a richly draped bed… (1700-1702"
• "Prince Eugene of Savoy, head-and-shoulders portrait..."

Main illustrated books

• Jean de La Fontaine, Fables choisies, Paris & La Haye, chez Henry Van Bulderen, marchand libraire dans le Pooten, à l'enseigne de Mezeray, 1688 [?].
• Nicolas de La Mare, Traité de la police, Paris, Jean & Pierre Cot, 1705-1719; rééd. chez Michel Brunet, 1722.
• Nicolas Malebranche, De la recherche de la vérité..., Paris, chez Michel David, 1712.
• Abbé de Bellegarde, De l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ, traduction nouvelle, plus ample que toutes les précédentes..., Paris, Imprimerie de Jacques Collombat, 1725.
• Évrard Titon du Tillet, Le Parnasse françois, Paris, imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, 1732.

References

• "Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (1648-1793)" published by Anatole de Montaiglon from the original records kept at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, BSHAF, Paris, J. Baur, 1875-1892

External links

• Étienne Jehandier Desrochers on data.bnf.fr