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Pierre Brebiette

Also known as: Pierre Brebiette; primary name: Brebiette, Pierre
Details: individual; printmaker; French; Male
Life dates: 1598 ?-1642
Biography: (The name means a 'little brebis' and so does not have an acute accent) Painter and etcher; in Italy and Rome 1617-25/6. Thenceforth in Paris, where married in 1626. Wife died in 1637 leaving him with seven children. Collected edition of 75 of his etchings published by Quesnel in 1638 is in the BM, plus a large number of loose etchings.
Bibliography: IFF (281 nos, by Weigert) Exh. cat. Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 2001 (by Paola Pacht Bassani & Sylvain Kerspern) (selection only)

220 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1953,0411.49 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Drawn by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1635-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.524 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.492 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Ce Silène est remply de vin, autant que son triomphe est vain |
Museum number: 1854,0614.522 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print; book-illustration; album

Title: Telephe Cabinet Favereau |
Museum number: 1983,1001.12.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BloemaertPrint made by:Theodor Matham |
Production date: 1635-1638

print

Title: S. Franciscus |
Museum number: 1854,0614.430 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Fidelis Deus in sermonibus |
Museum number: 1854,0614.401 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: S. Antonius |
Museum number: 1854,0614.427 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration; album

Title: Cycnus Cabinet Favereau |
Museum number: 1983,1001.12.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BloemaertPrint made by:Theodor Matham |
Production date: 1635-1638

print

Title: Angelico curru rapiuntur mater et infans... |
Museum number: 1854,0614.408 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: S. Genovefa |
Museum number: 1854,0614.441 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1630-1636 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Spring Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1854,0614.461 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Terra polus ne illie superi ne homines ne videntur |
Museum number: 1854,0614.406 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: S. Barbara |
Museum number: 1854,0614.439 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Animae in gemitibus |
Museum number: 1854,0614.403 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: S. Sebastiane |
Museum number: 1854,0614.431 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Speculum penitenciae |
Museum number: 1854,0614.437 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: S Ambrosius |
Museum number: 1854,0614.418 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Charitas Virtues |
Museum number: 1854,0614.444 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1636

print

Title: Le pauvre badin |
Museum number: R,8.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Diffusa est gratia in labÿs tuis |
Museum number: 1874,0110.441 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Andrea del Sarto |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: R,8.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: R,8.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Title: Diffusa est gratia in labÿs tuis |
Museum number: 1874,0808.907 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Andrea del Sarto |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: W,9.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: R,8.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Title: Winter Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1854,0614.464 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.534 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: X,2.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.548 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: Nn,7.24.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.499 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Aut Deus naturae patitur,... |
Museum number: 1988,0130.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1946 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: S. Petre |
Museum number: 1854,0614.424 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1636

print

Title: Les Vespres The Four Times of Day |
Museum number: 2000,1126.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jérôme DavidAfter:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1640s

print

Museum number: W,9.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Prudentia Virtues |
Museum number: 1869,0410.2257 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638

print

Museum number: R,8.48 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.494 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1638-1642

print

Title: Ignavia - Vigilantia Deadly sins and virtues |
Museum number: 1854,0614.455 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.505 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Petrus Brebiette pictor regis |
Museum number: 1854,0614.398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1986,1004.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.495 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1638-1642

print

Title: Justitia Virtues |
Museum number: 1854,0614.447 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1636

print

Title: The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew |
Museum number: 1987,1212.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:José de Ribera |
Production date: 1624-1642

print

Museum number: R,8.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Museum number: 1862,0614.1487 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Le Midi |
Museum number: 1871,1209.555 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jérôme DavidAfter:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: R,8.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Title: Petrus Brebiette pictor regis |
Museum number: 1853,0611.200 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: W,9.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebietteAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.412 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Aut Deus naturae patitur,... |
Museum number: 1854,0614.460 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Fortitudo Virtues |
Museum number: 1854,0614.446 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.490 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.478 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.511 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Title: Repos d'Amour |
Museum number: R,8.57 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.465 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Avaritia - Liberalitas Deadly sins and virtues |
Museum number: 1854,0614.450 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: S. Madaleina |
Museum number: 1854,0614.438 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.530 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.484 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: R,8.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1625

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0214.230 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1730-1733

print

Title: Fides Virtues |
Museum number: 1854,0614.442 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638

print

Title: A lavér, la teste d'un Asne l'on ne pert que la lessive |
Museum number: 1861,1012.133 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.500 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0614.543 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1635-1640

print

Title: S. Ioanen |
Museum number: 1854,0614.425 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1636

print

Museum number: R,8.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.527 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1861,0713.1305 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Pierre Drevet |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Prudentia Virtues |
Museum number: 1854,0614.445 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638

print

Title: François Quesnel peintre et enlumineur |
Museum number: 1854,0614.399 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.483 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Non nisi post mortem iustis reseratur olympus... |
Museum number: 1854,0614.428 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638

print

Museum number: R,8.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Title: Consolatrix afflictorum ora pro nobis |
Museum number: 1854,0614.413 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.482 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.479 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: R,8.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.945 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.545 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1635-1640

print

Museum number: R,8.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1625

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.422 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Turpis amor unumque nihil... |
Museum number: 1854,0614.466 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1642

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0614.542 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1635-1640

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.491 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.474 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1617-1642

print

Title: Bon temps |
Museum number: 1854,0614.456 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Museum number: R,8.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Museum number: R,8.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:François Langlois, il Ciartres |
Production date: 1617-1625

print

Title: S. Roche |
Museum number: 1854,0614.433 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: S. Martine |
Museum number: 1854,0614.429 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1634-1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Noli mihi umbram facere |
Museum number: 1854,0614.467 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BrebiettePublished by:Augustin Quesnel |
Production date: 1617-1625 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Palladion Cabinet Favereau |
Museum number: 1973,0616.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BloemaertPrint made by:Theodor Matham |
Production date: 1635-1638

print; book-illustration; album

Title: Palladion Cabinet Favereau |
Museum number: 1983,1001.12.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BloemaertPrint made by:Theodor Matham |
Production date: 1635-1638

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