About Jacques de Sève
Lived 1701 – 1801 (aged 99–100). Jacques de Sève was a French illustrator, painter, scientific illustrator, naturalist, copper engraver and draftsperson.
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742 – 1788) was a French illustrator.
Career De Sève was commissioned by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon to provide the quadruped illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749–1778, in 36 volumes) (François-Nicolas Martinet did the birds) and then Buffon's Recueil de Vingtquatre Plantes et Fleurs (1772). He also illustrated work by Duhamel du Monceau, Claude Perrault (later editions) and parts of Encyclopédie Méthodique. His illustrations are sometimes exact anatomical representations or show the animals against landscape backgrounds. They were engraved by Louis Le Grand.
His son, Jacques Eustache also worked as an artist and engraver, contributing to the later Suites à Buffon. Together father and son produced thousands of illustrations.
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Who was Jacques de Sève?
French illustrator (1715–1795)
When was Jacques de Sève born?
Jacques de Sève was born in 1701 in Paris.
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Jacques de Sève died in 1801 in Paris.
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Jacques de Sève was an illustrator, painter, scientific illustrator, naturalist, copper engraver and draftsperson.
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Jacques de Sève was French.
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