Jean Jacques Flipart

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François Couperin, composer. Etching by Jean-Jacques Flipart, 1735, after painting by André Boüys

Jean Jacques Flipart (1719–1782) was a French engraver.

Biography

Flipart was born in Paris. His father was French engraver Jean Charles Flipart, under whom he received his initial training in the engraver's art. His brother Charles Joseph Flipart, who was later noted both for his engraving and painting oeuvre, also received his initial training under the father's hand.

Flipart later trained under French engraving master Laurent Cars (1699–1771).^[1]

Engravings

Among the famous works of Flipart:

Portrait of J. B. Greuze, A Sick Man surrounded by his Children (1767) and ;Twelfth Night ; after Greuze.
Portrait of Jacques Dumont le Romain ; after de la Tour.
The Holy Family ; after Giulio Romano.
Adam and Eve ; after Charles Joseph Natoire.
Venus presenting the Arms to Aeneas; after the same.
A Sea-storm at Night ; after Vernet.
A Sea-storm by Day ; after the same.
Christ curing the Paralytic ; after Dietrich.
A Bear-hunt ; after Carle van Loo.
A Tiger-hunt ; after François Boucher.
The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths.

References

↑ Michael Bryan, Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, biographical and critical Vol. I, George Bell and Sons, 4 York Street, Covent Garden, London (1886), p. 505

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Name	Flipart, Jean Jacques
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Short description	French painter
Date of birth	1719
Place of birth
Date of death	1782
Place of death

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