Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen
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| - | '''Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen''', né le 17 août 1720 à Valenciennes et mort le 4 janvier 1778 à [[Bruxelles]], est un [[Artiste peintre|peintre]] et [[Gravure|graveur]] [[France|français]] surtout connu par la prodigieuse quantité de dessins et de compositions qu’il a réalisés pour les éditeurs de son temps. | + | '''Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen''' (17 August 1720 – 4 January 1778) was a French painter and engraver. |
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| + | 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 [[Jacques-Philippe Le Bas|Le Bas]]. His talent and his sparkling wit gained him admission to the court, where he became painter and [[court painter|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 généraux'' edition of the ''Contes'' of [[Jean de La Fontaine|La Fontaine]], published at Amsterdam in 1762; [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses]],'' 1767-71; the ''[[Henriade]]'' of [[Voltaire]], 1770; the ''Baisers'' of [[Claude Joseph Dorat|Dorat]], 1770; and the ''[[Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters|Vies des Peintres hollandais et flamands]]'' of [[Jean-Baptiste Descamps|Descamps]], published in 1751-63. He etched some few plates of the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin]], a ''St. [[Jerome]],'' ''St. Ely preaching,'' etc. There are pictures by him in the Museums of [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]], [[Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon|Alençon]], and [[Musée de Brou|Bourg]]. | ||
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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 généraux 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.
