About Jean Chaufourier
Lived 1679 – 1757 (aged 77–78). Jean Chaufourier was a French painter, printmaker, artist, draftsperson, copper engraver and illustrator.
Jean Chaufourier (1675–1757) was a French landscape painter and engraver. He was born in Paris. He married a daughter of Gerard Edelinck, who was also an engraver. Chaufourier taught drawing to Pierre-Jean Mariette. He was received into the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1735, and died at St. Germain-en-Laye in 1757. There are three of his drawings in the Louvre, and a set of eight landscapes engraved by him has survived.
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Who was Jean Chaufourier?
French painter and printmaker (1679–1757)
When was Jean Chaufourier born?
Jean Chaufourier was born in 1679 in Paris.
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Jean Chaufourier died on 28 November 1757 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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Jean Chaufourier was a painter, printmaker, artist, draftsperson, copper engraver and illustrator.
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Jean Chaufourier was French.
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