French portrait engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries (1910)
Thomas, Thomas Head, 1881- · London : Bell · leaf 125
d pupil, Nicolasde Poilly, excels him in portraits (though not in figuresubjects); but neither brother is a particularly importantfigure among portrait engravers. Francois, however, from his historical subjects had great prestige in his own time andwas the master of many well-known pupils. Many of… … DE POILLY; PITAU; AND OTHERS 63 and delicate, and his burin work neat and skilful, but witha certain air of timidity. A few of his plates—Louis XIV,Le Tellicr, and Mcauregard—are very good portraits, andone after his own drawing, the Abbe de Richelieu, is veryfair. Nicolas Pitau was born in Antwerp…
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