Italian, 16th century, male.
Monogram of an engraver (including copper), print publisher (?). Religious subjects.
A.G. is mentioned by Brulliot, and believed to have been a pupil of Marcantonio Raimondi. He is known for his Virgin Holding the Infant Jesus, and Crowned by Two Angels...
Dutch, 18th century, male.
Active at the beginning of the 18th century.
Engraver, print publisher.
Pieter Boudewyn van der Aa worked in Leiden from 1700 to 1750. He was both an artist and a businessman and published a number of catalogues for his business, notably in ...
Flemish, 16th – 17th century, male.
Born c. 1527, in Brussels; died 1612, in Rome.
Engraver, draughtsman, print publisher.
Flemish School.
Nicolaus van Aelst learned drawing and engraving in his home town of Brussels, then went to Rome where he set up a thriving trade in prints. This was his main activity, although he continued to engrave with a burin. It should be noted, however, that he was only the printer of the engraving of the statue of Henry II, the original artist being Tempesta....
Italian, 16th century, male.
Active in Rome at the end of the 16th century.
Engraver, print publisher.
17th century, male.
Print publisher, engraver (?).
Active in Cologne and, according to Heinecken, in Strasbourg.
Dutch, 17th century, male.
Painter, publisher.
Johan Amelisz. was a member of the Utrecht painters' guild in 1616-1617. He was also a publisher.
French, 16th century, male.
Died after 1587, in Lyons.
Print publisher.
A book publisher, Balthazar Arnoullet published several series of prints by Corneille de la Haye and Reverdy. A monochrome depiction of The Town of Poitiers is attributed to him.
French, 15th – 16th century, male.
Active in Lyons between 1490 and 1510.
Engraver (wood), printer, print publisher.
Lyons School.
British, 19th century, male.
Print publisher, engraver.
Robert Ashby was cited by Charles Le Blanc as active in London in 1803. A single engraving is known: H. Ashby, Writing Engraver.
British, 19th century, male.
Active in London.
Engraver (burin), print publisher.
German, 17th century, male.
Born in Nuremberg.
Draughtsman, print publisher.
Known for a series of 12 ornamental pieces.
Italian, 16th century, male.
Active in Rome.
Engraver, print publisher.
Tommaso Barlacchi published a large number of plates by engravers from the Marcantonio School. He himself engraved a crown of grotesques after Vico.
male.
Engraver, print publisher.
Known for a single engraving - an allegorical representation of the sciences and the liberal arts.
American, 20th century, female.
Born 3 June 1954, in St Louis (Missouri).
Book artist, educator. Artists’ books.
Carol June Barton earned her BFA in painting from Washington University in St Louis. Working as an administrator at the Glen Echo Park Arts Center, Washington, DC, she was invited to participate in her first artists’ book project. Her book, an edition of 200 titled ...
French, 18th century, male.
Born 23 October 1723, in Paris; died 12 June 1797.
Engraver (burin/etching), print dealer.
Basan had Jean Dauillé and Étienne Fessard as masters. He engraved a large number of prints and specialised in publishing engravings. He employed a succession of artists in his house and, with their assistance, published a considerable number of pieces (more than 550 between 1761 and 1799), which are in general purely commercial productions. In 1770, he published the statesman Choiseul's art collection, and then Poullain's in 1781. He also published magnificently illustrated books, including Ovid's ...
French, 18th – 19th century, male.
Engraver, print publisher.
Basset the Elder lived in Paris, on the Rue St-Jacques, and was associated with Françoise Basset. He published a large number of anonymous plates, and also plates by engravers such as Alexis, Blanchard, Fortier, Gabriel, Gatine, Jubin, Rubières and Thiebault. Basset the Elder could be the same as the engraver André Basset mentioned by Heinecken....
French, 18th century, male.
Active in Paris.
Died before 17 August 1775.
Engraver, print dealer.
Antoine Basset is known to have executed a Return from Egypt after Rubens.
French, 18th century, female.
Active in Paris between 1785 and 1792.
Engraver, print publisher.
Italian, 16th century, male.
Active in Rome from 1580 to 1592.
Born 1 October 1541, in Parma.
Engraver, print publisher.
In Rome, he was a protegé of Pietro Aretino. He drew inspiration from the style of Cornelis Cort. His surviving works include nine portraits of the Visconti and Sforza dukes of Milan, a portrait of Philip II of Spain, an ...
French, 17th century, male.
Active in Paris between 1635 and 1672.
Engraver, print publisher.
Baudemont is known to have engraved The Burning Bush, after Sébastien Bourdon.
