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Jean-Jacques Avril, "the elder" (1744–1831), was a French artist and reproductive engraver born in Paris who made about 540 engravings, some of large dimensions. He was a pupil of Johann Georg Wille. He died in Paris in 1831.〔 His prints bear addresses in the Rue de la Huchette and the Rue du Petit Bourbon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=British Museum )〕 ==Works== His engravings include:〔Bryan (1886–9)〕 *''Study Wanting to Hold Back Time''; after François-Guillaume Ménageot *''La Vierge au linge''; after Raphael. *''Mars going to Battle''; after Rubens. *''Mars returning from Battle''; after the same. *''A Shepherd and Shepherdess''; called the ''Croc-en-jambe''; after the same. *''Apollo with the Seasons, dancing''; after Poussin. *''Diana and Actaeon''; after Albani. *''Diana and Callisto''; after the same. *''Venus revenging herself on Psyche''; after De Troy. *''Pygmalion and Galatea''; after Marillier. *''St. Genevieve''; after C. van Loo. *''Fishermen returning''; after Vernet. *''Travellers in a Storm''; after the same. *''The Shipwreck''; dated 1775; after the same. *''The Double Reoompense of Merit''; after P. A. Wille, 1784. *''French Patriotism''; after the same. 1788. *''The Taking of Courtrai''; after Van der Meulen. 1782. *''The Passage of the Rhine''; after Berchem. *''Catherine II on her Travels''; after F. de Meys. 1790. *''Ulysses and Penelope''; after Le Barbier. *''Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii''; after the same. 1787. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean-Jacques Avril」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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