Nicolas Beatrizet

Nicolas Beatrizet (* 1515 in Thionville, † 1565 in Rome) was an engraver of French origin, who worked in northern Italy of the Renaissance. He came possibly from a family of goldsmiths from Nancy in Lorraine from, but settled in Rome, where he worked from 1540 until his death.

Work

The work of Nicolas Beatrizet includes more than 100 received stitches. There are engravings with religious motifs, such as for pictures of Raphael and Michelangelo, and profane motifs from mythology, allegory and ancient ruins, such as a Battle of the Amazons or pictures of the panorama of ancient Rome. In addition, some portraits are known. Beatrizet published in his lifetime his work through workshops and publisher in Rome, for example, first at Tommaso Barlacchi, possibly later in self- publishing.

Beatrizet may also anatomical pictures, such as in 1556 some engravings to illustrate the medical treatise of Juan Valverde de Amusco created. This assumption is based on initials that can be found on such stitches.

Work style

The operation and design choice of Nicolas Beatrizet is that of Marcantonio Raimondi (* 1480, † 1534) at the close of whose style he took over from templates. In art history, but he could probably according to some experts the high artistic skill and quality of his model does not necessarily imitate.

Master of the cube?

The attribution of works by an anonymous engraver, the so-called Master of the cube to Nicolas Beatrizet has not prevailed because of technical contradictions.