Charles Louis Simonneau

Charles Louis Simonneau (baptised 3 August 1645, Orléans – 22 March 1728, Paris),[1] was a French engraver.

Ceiling of the Escalier des Ambassadeurs in Versailles, 1720

Biography

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According to Houbraken he made engravings for a series titled "Effigies Raymundi la Fage".[2] He is the younger brother of Charles Louis Simonneau.

According to the RKD he was a contributor to works used by Jan van der Brugge, who was a great admirer of Raymond Lafage.[3] He was a painter as well as an engraver.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BnF, Charles-Louis Simonneau (1645-1728), Retrieved 17 August 2017
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Ch. Simonneau mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital Library for Dutch Literature
  3. ^ a b Charles Louis Simonneau in the RKD