Adam Perelle

Adam Pérelle
View of Versailles, c. 1680
Born8 October 1640
Paris, Kingdom of France
Died23 March 1695(1695-03-23) (aged 54–55)
Paris, Kingdom of France
EducationGabriel Perelle
Known for
MovementBaroque

Adam Pérelle (8 October 1640 – 23 March 1695) was a French artist and writer.

Biography

Adam Perelle was born in Paris on 8 October 1640. He was the son of Gabriel Pérelle and the younger brother of Nicolas Perelle. Adam Perelle was a pupil of his father and subsequently his assistant. Like his brother, he produced copperplate engravings depicting landscapes and monuments. He obtained the title of engraver of the King and taught drawing and painting in high society. One of his pupils was Louis III, Prince of Condé – a grandson of the 4th Prince of Condé, Louis II de Bourbon (1621–1686), known as "le Grand Condé".

In 1667, he signed a contract with Erik Dahlbergh to create illustrations for the celebratory work De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sueciae rege gestis, authored by Samuel von Pufendorf, as well as for Dahlbergh’s own work, Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. For these two projects, he produced 13 plates depicting various battles, along with 32 images of landscapes and buildings.

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Strutt (1786). A Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of All the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time; and a Short List of Their Most Esteemed Works. ... With Several Curious Specimens of the Performances of the Most Ancient Artists. By Joseph Strutt. ... J. Davis. pp. 216–.
  2. ↑ James D. Herbert (2008). Our Distance from God: Studies of the Divine and the Mundane in Western Art and Music. University of California Press. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-0-520-93396-5.