, is generally believed to have been brother of the preceding Claude,
, is generally believed to
have been brother of the preceding Claude, but others
have asserted that he was cousin-german to him only. It
is, however, universally agreed that he was born at Paris
in 1594. In his infancy he discovered much taste, and
an apt disposition for the arts; and, to perfect himself
in engraving, of which he appears to have been chiefly
fond, he went to Rome, where he produced several prints
that did him great honour. What master he studied under
at Rome cannot easily be determined. The style he adopted
is very like that of Cornelius Bloemart, but still neater
Mr. Strutt thinks that the prints of Lucas Kilian and of the
Sadelers may have laid the first foundation on which he
built. On his return to his own country, he settled at
Paris, where he died in 1674, without having ever been
married. The abbé Marolles, who always speaks of this
artist with great praise, attributes one hundred and thirty
prints to him amongst which, the “Annunciation,
” from
Annibale Caracci, and the “Assumption,
” from Domenichino, are the most esteemed.