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Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty

Also known as: Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty; primary name: Gautier d'Agoty, Jacques Fabien; other name: D'Agoty, Jacques Fabien Gautier; other name: Gautier Dagoty, Jacques Fabien; other name: Gautier-Dagoty, Jacques Fabien
Details: individual; printmaker; French; Male
Life dates: 1716-1785
Biography: Engraver, briefly trained in J. C. Le Blon's workshop in 1738; adapted the latter's method for colour impressions by devising a method using four rather than three plates and obtained his copyright in 1741, much to the outrage of Le Blon's heirs. Father of five sons, all printmakers, one being called Fabien.
Bibliography: IFF (248 nos) BNF Mss Anisson-Duperron ms.fr. 22136, folios 3 to 25, for documents on his extension of the privilege of Leblon (reference from Le Bitouzé, p.65).

Museum number: 1900,0717.50.1-47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'AgotyAfter:Jacques de Sève |
Production date: 1767

Title: François Boucher |
Museum number: 1878,0713.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'AgotyAfter:Alexander Roslin |
Production date: 1760-1785

Title: l'Anatomie des Visceres, Dissequez, Peints et Gravez en Couleur, Par Mr Gautier |
Museum number: 2011,7084.9 |
Producer name: BIOG28554 Print made by:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty |
Production date: 1741-1760

Title: L'ange automatique |
Museum number: 1996,0929.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DuplainAfter:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty |
Production date: 1996

Museum number: 1857,0613.329 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'AgotyAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1743

Title: Portrait de M. Dufreny |
Museum number: 1924,0415.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'AgotyAfter:Charles Antoine Coypel |
Production date: 1741 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

Museum number: 1925,0406.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'AgotyAfter:Jean Siméon Chardin |
Production date: 1743

Title: Arouet de Voltaire Galerie Universelle |
Museum number: 1900,0717.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'AgotyAfter:Maurice Quentin de La Tour |
Production date: 1772