Portret van Nicholas Kalliakis
Martial Desbois
1682
Medium
etching
Dimensions
132; 105
About this artwork
height 132 mm x width 105 mm
About the Artist
Martial Desbois · 1630–1710
Martial Desbois (1630–1700), also known as Martial Dubois, was a French engraver active in Paris during the second half of the seventeenth century. Born in Paris in 1630, Desbois pursued a career as a copper plate engraver, creating both original compositions and reproductive prints after paintings by other artists. His work exemplifies the important role of reproductive engravers in seventeenth-c...