Jacques Blondeau

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Engraved portrait of Cardinal Federico Visconti, 1681

Jacques Blondeau (alternative names: Jacomo Blondel, Hansje Blondeau, Jacobus Blondeau, Jean Jacques Blondeau, Jacques Blondel and nickname: Weyman) (

engraver who after training in Antwerp spent most of his career in Italy
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Life

He was a pupil of the Antwerp engraver Frederik Bouttats the Younger. He spent some time in Paris.[1] In 1675 he traveled to Rome where he continued to live and work for the rest of his life.

He became a member of the

Pieter Verbrugghen II.[2] This inauguration is also mentioned by early biographer Arnold Houbraken.[3]

Work

He engraved several portraits, including that of Pope Urban VIII and various cardinals in Rome.[2]

He spent some time in

Firenze where he is said to have made several engravings, together with Abraham Bloemaert and François Spierre after the frescos by Pietro da Cortona in the Palazzo Pitti.[4]

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