Charles Louis Simonneau

Charles Louis Simonneau (baptised 3 August 1645, Orléans, Orléanais – 22 March 1728, Paris),^[1] was a French engraver.

Ceiling of the Escalier des Ambassadeurs in Versailles, 1720

Biography

According to Houbraken he made engravings for a series titled "Effigies Raymundi la Fage".^[2] He is the younger brother of Charles Louis Simonneau.

According to the RKD he was a contributor to works used by Jan van der Brugge, who was a great admirer of Raymond Lafage.^[3] He was a painter as well as an engraver.^[3]

References

↑ BnF, Charles-Louis Simonneau (1645-1728), Retrieved 17 August 2017
↑ (in Dutch) Ch. Simonneau mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital Library for Dutch Literature
1 2 Charles Louis Simonneau in the RKD

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[1] BnF, Charles-Louis Simonneau (1645-1728), Retrieved 17 August 2017

[Houbraken-2] (in Dutch) Ch. Simonneau mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital Library for Dutch Literature

[RKD-3] 1 2 Charles Louis Simonneau in the RKD

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