Bernard Picart

Bernard Picart (also Pikahr ) ( born June 11, 1673 Paris, † May 8, 1733 in Amsterdam) was a French engraver and book illustrator.

He was first a pupil of his father Étienne Picart (1632-1721), of Benoît Audran the Elder and from 1689 by Sebastien Le Clerc ( 1637-1714 ). At the Royal Academy he studied drawing. His first signed engraving was 1693 Hermaphrodite by Poussin

In 1696 he went to the Academy in Antwerp and in 1698 to Amsterdam, where he worked as a book illustrator. At the end of the year he returned to France. In 1702 he married in Paris, where he worked primarily as an engraver. After the death of his wife late 1708 he traveled to The Hague over Sweden in 1710 and settled in the following year settled in Amsterdam. His father followed him here.

Among his most distinguished works include the portrait of his father, Prince Eugene, of infanticide and the stitches to the Traité de toutes les of cérémonies religieuses nations. Also known are his engravings of gems of the collection of Baron von Stosch, who were different than other works of the time very original.

His pupil was Jacob van der Schley (1715-1779) from Amsterdam.