Jean-Baptiste Corneille
Jean-Baptiste Corneille (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist kɔʁnɛj]; 2 December 1649 – 12 April 1695) was a French painter, etcher, and engraver.
Biography
Corneille was born in Paris between 1646 and 1649. He was the youngest son of
Work
His style, like his brother's, was that of the school of the Desiderosi, but Jean was somewhat inferior to the younger Michel in composition and drawing. Many of the paintings of this excellent artist were engraved by contemporaries, a few by the great Mariette, and Jean himself engraved and etched plates after his own designs and finished pictures, and after the Carracci. His work with acid and the burin was spirited and exhibited his thorough mastery of technic. He commenced and finished his plates after the manner of Agostino Carracci. His most important plates were: "Bust of Michelangelo", "St. Bernard", "Mercury in the Air", and "St. John in the Wilderness" (after Annibale Carracci).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Jean-Baptiste Corneille". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. That entry was written by Leigh Hunt.
Further reading
- OCLC 1039490042 – via the Internet Archive.
- ISBN 2-7000-3073-7 – via the Internet Archive.
- Blumer, Marie-Louise (1961). "Corneille (Michel)". In Roman d'Amat, Jean-Charles; et al. (eds.). Dictionnaire de biographie française (in French). Vol. 9. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. cols. 676–678.
- Le Pas de Sécheval, Anne (1999). "Corneille, Jean-Baptiste (le jeune)". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.). ISBN 3-598-22761-2– via the Internet Archive.
- Parmantier-Lallement, Nicole (1996). "Corneille". In Turner, Jane (ed.). ISBN 1-884446-00-0– via the Internet Archive.
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