Antoinette Larcher (born 1685, Paris -unknown)[1][2] was a French engraver.

Works

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Larcher was a pupil of Poilly,[1][2] and based many of her engravings on artists such as Raphael and Il Garofalo.[2]

Larcher signed her works as "Toinette Larcher".[1][3][4]

 
Judith standing with her foot on the head of Holofernes (1729)

Larcher's engraving titled "Judith standing with her foot on the head of Holofernes" was finished about 1729 and is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3]

She signed works for the "Cabinet Crozat".

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Antoinette Larcher". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  2. ^ a b c Klemm, Gustav Friedrich (1858). Die Frauen: Culturgeschichtliche Schilderungen des Zustandes und Einflusses der Frauen in den verschiedenen Zonen und Zeitaltern von Dr. Gustav Klemm (in German). Arnoldische Buchhandlung. p. 266.
  3. ^ a b "Antoinette Larcher | Judith standing with her foot on the head of Holofernes". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  4. ^ Strutt, Joseph (1785). A biographical dictionary, containing an historical account of all the engravers, from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time, and a short list of their most esteemed works. With the cyphers, monograms, and particular marks, used by each master, accurately copied from the originals, and properly explained. To which is prefixed an essay on the rise and progress of the art of engraving, both on copper and on wood. With several curious specimens of the performances of the most ancient artists. Wellcome Library. London : Printed by J. Davis for R. Faulder.