Jean Pierre Marie Jazet

Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet (31 July 1788 – 16 August 1871) was a French engraver known for his etchings, aquatints and mezzotints.

Life His father was Jean-Marie Jazet, verifier of the crown's buildings, who was mortally wounded in 1793 by an exploding cannon whilst serving in the Paris National Guard, when Jean-Pierre-Marie was only five. His mother was Jeanne Marquant, sister of Suzanne Marquant, second wife of the painter and engraver Philibert-Louis Debucourt. Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet mainly produced his compositions at night.

To sell prints drawn from matrices which formed his oeuvre and to keep up and expand his presence in the art market, Jazet was mainly his own editor, working from 71 fauborg Saint-Martin then 7 rue de Lancry. He died at Yerres.

Considered for years as one of the best French engravers,

Recognition 2nd class medal, 1819 Knight of the Légion d'honneur, 8 October 1846

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