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:''For other people of this name, see LeClerc (surname).'' Sébastien Leclerc or Sébastien Le Clerc (() 26 September 1637— 25 October 1714) was a French artist from the Duchy of Lorraine. He specialized in subtle reproductive drawings, etchings, and engravings of paintings; and worked mostly in Paris, where he was counseled by the King's painter, Charles Le Brun, to devote himself entirely to engraving.〔Bryan, ''Biographical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers''.〕 Leclerc joined the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1672 and taught perspective there.〔''Sébastien Le Clerc, 1637-1714, et son oeuvre gravé''〕 He worked for Louis XIV, being made "''graveur du Roi''" (attached to the Cabinet du Roi), doing engraving work for the royal house. Leclerc also engaged in periodic work as a technical draftsman and military engineer. Of his reproductive engravings, the connoisseur and chronicler of artistic life, Pierre-Jean Mariette, wrote in his ''Abecedario'': ==Early life== Sébastien Leclerc was born in 1637 in Metz; the son of Laurent Leclerc (1590–1695), a local goldsmith and merchant, who taught his son the rudiments of his trade. His first artistic efforts were favorably received in his birthplace, where he engraved a city view in 1650; four screens in 1654; and the "''Life of Saint Benedict in 38 scenes''" in 1658. Le Clerc went to Paris in 1665, where he pursued a continuing interest in geometry. Leclerc's illustrated ''Géométrie Pratique'' was published in Paris in 1668.〔Reprinted in 1682; it created his reputation among art connoisseurs—according to Mariette.〕 He was also a student of physics; military architecture; and perspective;〔As Mariette noted: his "envie insatiable d'apprendre: aucune des sciences ne lui échappa. Géometrie, physique, perspective, architecture, fortifications, il les étudia toutes et s'y rendit habile" (Mariette, ''Abecedario'', noted in Meaume 1877, p. 55f.)〕 while he supported himself by providing illustrations for authors and booksellers. 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「Sébastien Leclerc (1637–1714)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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