Samuel Bernard, also known as Jacques-Samuel Bernard [1] was a French miniature painter and engraver.
Samuel Bernard, also known as Jacques-Samuel Bernard [1] was a French miniature painter and engraver.
Born to a Protestant family in Paris in 1615, [2] he was the son of Noel Bernard, a painter. He was a pupil of both Simon Vouet and of Louis du Guernier, and made some attempts at fresco painting, but not succeeding to his expectation, he painted miniatures for a while, before finally devoting himself entirely to engraving. [3] Some still lifes, painted in the early 1660s are also known. [2]
He joined the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on its foundation in 1648 and became professor there in 1655. He was expelled on religious grounds in 1681, but restored to his post following his recantation of Protestantism four years later. [2]
He died in Paris in 1687. [3] The financier Samuel Bernard was his son. [2]
He engraved plates, both in line and in mezzotint. They include: [3]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bernard, Samuel". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.| International | |
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