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Charles-Étienne Gaucher (1740 – 1804) was a French engraver, born and died in Paris, was first a pupil of Basan, and afterwards of J. P. Le Bas.
Portraits
editHe engraved several portraits and other subjects, of which the following are the principal:He engraved several portraits and other subjects, of which the following are the principal:
- Maria Cecilia, Ottoman Princess, daughter of Achmet III; after his own design.
- M. du Paty, celebrated Advocate; after Notte.
- Louis Gillet.
- Louis Augustus, Dauphin of France; after Gautier.
- J. P. Timoléon de Cossé, Duke of Brissac; after St. Aubin.
- Louis de Grimaldi, Bishop of Le Mans. 1767.
Various subjects
edit- An allegorical subject, to the memory of J. P. Le Bas; after Cochin.
- The Crowning of Voltaire; after Moreau.
- The Card-players; after Tilborch.
- Repose; after Gaspar Netscher.
References
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Gaucher, Charles-Étienne". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.