| LC control no. | nr2001014891 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Collignon, François, approximately 1610-1687 |
| Variant(s) | Collignon, Jean Baptiste, approximately 1610-1687 Colignon, François, approximately 1610-1687 |
| See also | Teacher: Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635 |
| Biography/History note | François Collignon (approximately 1610-1687) was a French engraver, print seller, and publisher. After serving a four-year apprenticeship in the studio of Jacques Callot, Collignon settled in Rome, where he played a major role in the publication of Italian artistic prints. He was involved with works by renowned artists Pietro Testa, Cornelis Bloemaert, Simon Vouet, François Spierre, Nicolas Pérelle and Jean Le Pautre. |
| Associated country | France Italy |
| Birth date | 1610~ |
| Death date | 1687-01-18 |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Publishers and publishing |
| Profession or occupation | Engravers Printers |
| Found in | Recueil de douze cartouches, 1646: t.p. (gravés par François Collignon) Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, 1992- (Collignon, François, Jean Baptiste; b. 1610 in Nancy; d. Jan. 1687 in Rome) Bénézit, 1999 (Collignon, Jean Baptiste, known as François; b. 1609 or 1610 in Nancy; d. 1657; printmaker) Dictionnaire de biographie française, 1933- (Collignon, François, known as Jean Baptiste); b. Jan. 1610; d. 1671 in Rome) Thieme-Becker (Collignon (Colignon) François; b. 1609 in Nancy; d. 1657) LC database, Apr. 24, 2001 (hdg.: Collignon, François, 1610?-ca. 1671 [from old catalog]) Oxford art (online), viewed on October 19, 2020: Collignon, François (b ?Nancy, c. 1610; d Rome, bur Jan 18, 1687; French engraver, print-seller and publisher, active in Italy; 4-year apprenticeship with Jacques Callot; trained in Rome, where he settled in the Parione district; major figure in publishing and print-selling, involved in works by Pietro Testa, Cornelis Bloemaert, Simon Vouet, François Spierre, Nicolas Pérelle and Jean Le Pautre; after his death, Antwerp dealer Arnold van Westerhout (1651-1725) bought his business) <https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T018609> |
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