Bernard Picart
(1673–1733) French engraver (1673-1733)
Bernard Picart (1673–1733) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Bernard Picart belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Bernard Picart was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. Bernard Picart trained at Stadstekenacademie. Bernard Picart worked in Java, Schermerhorn, and Amsterdam. The students included Joseph Aved, Henri Simon Thomassin, Louis Fabricius Dubourg, and Jacobus Schijnvoet.
The catalogue has 13 works by Bernard Picart with free images. The dated works span the years 1713–1733. Works by Bernard Picart are held by several collections, among them drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, and Boyer collection.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Gilles-Marie Oppenord, Guglielmo Borremans, Claude Gillot, Adám Mányoki, and Maria Moninckx.