About Jean Charles Baquoy
Lived 1721 – 1777 (aged 55). Jean Charles Baquoy was a French printmaker and copper engraver.
Jean Charles Baquoy (1721–1777) was a French engraver.
Baquoy was born and died in Paris. The eldest son of Maurice Baquoy, he engraved book-plates after the designs of Eisen, Gravelot, Moreau, and others, among which are a set of vignettes for the French translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published by Basan, which are executed in a finished style, and a set of plates, after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, for the Fables of La Fontaine. He also made engravings after Boucher, Watteau, J. Vernet, Wouwerman, and others.
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Who was Jean Charles Baquoy?
French engraver (1721-1777)
When was Jean Charles Baquoy born?
Jean Charles Baquoy was born on 16 June 1721 in Paris.
When did Jean Charles Baquoy die?
Jean Charles Baquoy died on 24 February 1777 in Paris.
What was Jean Charles Baquoy's occupation?
Jean Charles Baquoy was a printmaker and copper engraver.
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Jean Charles Baquoy was French.
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