Heilige Franciscus temt een hyena
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre
1723 - 1789
Medium
etching
Dimensions
176; 126
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre · 1713–1789
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714–1789) was born into a prosperous Parisian family of goldsmiths and jewelers; his father, Jean Pierre, became an alderman in 1743, securing noble status for the family. Pierre began his artistic training as a pupil of Nicolas Bertin, followed by study under Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he befriended engraver Charle...