Jean Daullé (18 May 1703 – 23 April 1763) was a French
engraver.
Biography
He was the son of Jean Daullé, a
silversmith, and his wife, Anne née Dennel. At the age of fourteen, he received training from an engraver named Robart, at the
priory of Saint-Pierre d'Abbeville.
He then went to Paris, and worked at the studios of Robert Hecquet (1693-1775), who was also originally from
Picardy. In 1735, his work attracted the attention of the engraver and merchant,
Pierre-Jean Mariette, who provided him with professional recommendations. Soon after, he was approached by the painter,
Hyacinthe Rigaud, who wanted to make him his official engraver.
In 1742, Daullé was received at the
Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, with his presentation, "Hyacinthe Rigaud Painting his Wife", after a work by Rigaud. He was also admitted as a member of the academy in
Augsbourg. Eventually named "Engraver to the King", he trained the future publisher and print dealer,
Pierre-François Basan, as well as the German engraver
Jean-Georges Wille.
Around 1745, he married Gabrielle-Anne Landry and they had five children. Overwhelmed by his large family, his work suffered.
Work
He engraved several portraits and plates of historical and other subjects, which are chiefly executed with the
graver in a clear and firm style, which entitles him to rank with the ablest artists of his time. He marked his works J. D. The following are his principal plates:[1]
Portraits
Catherine, Countess of
Feuquières, daughter of Pierre Mignard; after
Mignard.
Hyacinthe Rigaud, painter; after Rigaud; engraved for his reception at the Academy in 1742.
A detailed account of this artist's works is contained in Delignière's 'Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Daullé d' Abbeville,' 1872, 8vo.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Daullé, Jean". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.