Gilles Rousselet

Simplice Sicut Columbae, engraved by Gilles Rousselet, after Sébastien Bourdon's "Sainte Famille, sainte Elisabeth et saint Jean-Baptiste dans un paysage"

Gilles Rousselet, also known as Aegidius Rousselet (1610–1686) was a French burin engraver, print dealer, and draftsman, active during the Baroque-era. He was one of the most skilled engravers of the seventeenth century and a member of the Académie.

About Gilles Rousselet, born in 1610 in Paris, France. His father was a bookseller and possibly a printmaker. It is unknown with whom he studied engraving under, but his work was inspired by Abraham Bloemaert.

Gilles Rousselet married in 1645 to Judith Le Goux in the Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs church, and together they had fourteen children. He was the father of sculptor, Jean Rousselet (1656–1693). During his career he reproduced work by artists, including Grégoire Huret, Claude Vignon, Jacques Stella, Laurent de La Hyre, Raphael, Pietro da Cortona, Guido Reni, Valentin de Boulogne, Nicolas Poussin, and his friend Charles Le Brun. Unlike Rousselet, many of the known engravers of the 17th century created their own original artworks and were held at higher esteem, such as Jacques Callot, Claude Mellan, Robert Nanteuil, and Israel Silvestre.

He was related to engraver Marie-Anne Rousselet.

Collections His work is included in the public museum collections at Harvard Art Museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the National Portrait Gallery, London, Rijksmuseum, National Gallery of Art, the National Gallery of Victoria, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Victoria and Albert Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery of Ireland, among others.