Israel Silvestre (Nancy, 13 August 1621 – 11 October 1691 in Paris), called the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was a prolific French draftsman, etcher and print dealer who specialized in topographical views and perspectives of famous buildings. Charles Le Brun (24 February 1619 - 22 February 1690 was a French painter and art theorist, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France. Nancy (nɑ̃si archaic Nanzig Nanzeg is a city and commune in the Lorraine région of northeastern France Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city For other uses of etch or etching, see Etching (disambiguation, for the history of the method see Old master prints. Orphaned at an early age, he was taken in by his uncle in Paris, Israel Henriet, an etcher and printseller, and friend of Callot. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Between 1630 and 1650 Silvestre travelled widely in France and Italy, which he visited three times, and later worked up his sketches as etchings, which were sold singly and in series. His work, especially of Venetian subjects published in the 1660s, influenced eighteenth-century painters of vedute such as Luca Carlevaris and Canaletto, who adapted his compositions. A veduta ( Italian for "view" plural vedute) is a highly detailed usually large-scale Painting of a cityscape or some other Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (1663 - 1730 was an Italian painter and engraver of landscapes ( vedutista) This is about the first and better known artist "Canaletto" for his nephew and pupil sometimes also called "Canaletto" especially in Poland and Germany see
In 1661 he inherited the stock of plates of his uncle, the printseller Israel Henriet, among which was a large part of the works of Jacques Callot, and many of those of Stefano della Bella. Jacques Callot (c 1592 - 1635 was a Baroque Printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the North-Eastern Stefano della Bella ( 18 May 1610 - 12 July 1664) was an Italian Printmaker known for Etchings of many subjects In 1662 he was appointed dessinateur et graveur du Roi and in 1673 he was appointed drawing-master to Louis, le Grand Dauphin. From 1668 he was granted workshop space in the galleries of the Louvre, where the practice of housing eminent artists and craftsmen was a tradition that was originated under Henri IV. The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III Silvestre's atelier was large: he had at least two pupils who had careers as engravers, François Noblesse and Meunier, and In 1670 Charles Le Brun[1] recommended him for membership in the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Charles Le Brun (24 February 1619 - 22 February 1690 was a French painter and art theorist, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France. The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples such In 1675 his son, the artist Louis Silvestre, was born at Sceaux. Louis de Silvestre French painter (b 23 June 1675 Sceaux, d 11 April 1760 Paris, France) son of Israel Silvestre.
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- ^ Le Brun painted portraits of Israel Silvestre and his wife.
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