Bernard Baron

Henry VIII granting the Charter to the Barber-Surgeons' Company, after the painting by Hans Holbein the Younger. Engraving now at the National Portrait Gallery.

Bernard Baron (1696? – 1762^{[1] [2]} ) was an eminent French engraver and etcher, born in Paris. He was instructed in engraving by Nicolas-Henri Tardieu, whose style he followed. He engraved several plates for the Crozat Collection, and afterwards came to England, where he resided the remainder of his life, and died in London in 1766. Many of his engravings are in the Boydell Collection: they are executed in a coarse manner, but are not without considerable merit. The following are his principal works:

Portraits

• King Charles I. on Horseback, with the Duke d'Epernon; after Van Dyck.
• Charles I. and Queen, with their two Sons; after the same.
• The Nassau Family; from Earl Cowper's picture ; after the same.
• The Pembroke Family; from the picture at Wilton; after the same.
• Henry VIII. granting the Charter to the Barber-Surgeons' Company; after Holbein (pictured).
• The Family of Van Dyck; after Van Dyck; in the Earl of Pembroke's picture.
• Robert, Earl of Carnarvon; after Van Dyck; in the same collection.
• Anna Sophia, Countess of Carnavon; after the same; in the same collection.
• George, Prince of Wales, on Horseback; after Adolph.
• Cornells van Tromp, Vice-Admiral of Holland; after J. Vanderbank.
• Dr. Mead; after A. Ramsay.
• The Lord Chancellor Hardwick; after the same.
• The Lord Chief Justice Reve; after J. Amiconi.
• The Cornaro Family; after Titian; the picture is in the possession of the Duke of Northumberland.
• Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester; after Hogarth.

Subjects after various masters

• Nine plates of the Life of Achilles, with the titles; after Rubens.
• Belisarius; incorrectly called after Van Dyck.
• Charles I escaping from Hampton Court; after J. d'Angelis.
• Jupiter and Antiope; after Titian ; for the Crozat Collection. This is considered his chef-d'oeuvre.
• Pan and Syrinx; after Nic. Bertin.
• The Card-players; after D. Teniers.
• The Temptation of St. Anthony; after the same.
• The Italian Comedians; after Watteau.
• The Companion; after the same.
• The Two Cousins; after the same.
• Soldiers plundering a Village; after the same.
• The Peasants revenged; after the same.
• St. Cecilia; after Carlo Dolci.
• Moses exposed on the Nile; after Le Sueur.
• Marriage-à-la--mode; after Hogarth (two of the plates).

References

This article incorporates text from the article "BARON, Bernard" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

1. ↑ Gallica-BnF.fr
2. ↑ Web article L'Accord Parfait (Perfect Harmony) by Bernard Baron, Library of Congress, lower section "About the Artists"