Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen

painter, engraver and draughtsman

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1720

Place of Birth: Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1778

Profession: painter, printmaker

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen

  • Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (17 August 1720 – 4 January 1778) was a French painter and engraver. The son and pupil of Frans Eisen, he was born at Valenciennes.
  • In 1741 he went to Paris, and in the following year entered the studio of Le Bas.
  • His talent and his sparkling wit gained him admission to the court, where he became painter and draftsman to the King, and drawing-master to Madame de Pompadour.
  • He afterwards fell into disgrace, and in 1777 retired to Brussels, where he died in poverty in 1778.
  • His pictures are not without merit, but it is as a designer of illustrations and vignettes for books that he is best known.
  • The most remarkable of these are the designs for the Fermiers gĂ©nĂ©raux edition of the Contes of La Fontaine, published at Amsterdam in 1762; Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1767-71; the Henriade of Voltaire, 1770; the Baisers of Dorat, 1770; and the Vies des Peintres hollandais et flamands of Descamps, published in 1751-63.
  • He etched some few plates of the Virgin, a St.
  • Jerome, St.
  • Ely preaching, etc.
  • There are pictures by him in the Museums of Bordeaux, Alençon, and Bourg.

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