About Jean Matheus
Lived 1590 – 1672 (aged 81–82). Jean Matheus was a French engraver, printmaker, lithographer, printseller, print publisher and copper engraver.
Jean Matheus (c. 1590–1672) was a 17th-century French engraver who flourished during the 1620s. He is best known for his work in Nicholas Renouard's edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published in Paris in 1619 and engraved portraits of saints.
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Who was Jean Matheus?
German artist
When was Jean Matheus born?
Jean Matheus was born in 1590.
When did Jean Matheus die?
Jean Matheus died in 1672.
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Jean Matheus was an engraver, printmaker, lithographer, printseller, print publisher and copper engraver.
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Jean Matheus was French.
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