Gaspard Duchange Explained

Gaspard Duchange (1662–1757) was a French engraver.

Life

Duchange was born in Paris in 1662. He was a pupil of Guillaume Vallet and then of Jean Audran. He was received into the Academy in 1707 and died in Paris in 1757.

Style

According to Joseph Strutt in his Biographical Dictionary of Engravers (1786), Duchange's style was similar to that of his teacher, Audran, but in general neater, with the use of etching not so predominant. Strutt did not think that Duchange's drawing was as good as Audran's, but concluded that his prints "though mannered, and often rather laboured, have much to recommend them to the connoisseur, especially such as are pleased with agreeable management of the graver." ^[1]

List of works

Duchange engraved a considerable number of plates. They include:

Portraits

• François Girardon

after Rigaud; presented for Duchange's reception into the Academy in 1707.

• Charles de La Fosse, painter; after a self-portrait; presented upon the same occasion.
• Antoine Coypel, with his Son; after a self-portrait.

Subjects after various artists

After Correggio:

• Jupiter and Io
• Jupiter and Danae
• Jupiter and Ledas

After Paolo Veronese:

• The Entombment of Christ

After Jouvenet:

• Mary Magdalen washing the Feet of Christ
• Christ driving the Buyers and Sellers from the Temple

After Antoine Coypel:

• The Sacrifice of Jephtha.
• Tobit recovering his Sight
• Venus sleeping, with three Loves and a Satyr
• The Death of Dido
• The Bath of Diana

After Noël-Nicolas Coypel:

• Solon explaining his Laws to the Athenians;
• Trajan dispensing Justice to the People

After Desormeaux:

• Diana disarming Cupid

After Rubens:

• The Birth of Mary de' Medici;
• The Landing of Mary de' Medici at Marseilles
• The Marriage of Henry IV. and Mary de' Medici
• The Apotheosis of Henry IV. and Regency of Mary de' Medici
• The Interview of Mary de' Medici and her son, Louis XIII

These five last plates were engraved for the Luxembourg Gallery.

Further reading

• Encyclopedia: Meyer. Véronique. 1996. Duchange, Gaspard. Turner. Jane. The Dictionary of Art. 9. New York. Grove's Dictionaries. 362. 1-884446-00-0. 1033638391. the Internet Archive.
• Book: Roux, Marcel. Pognon. Edmond. 1951. Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle. 7. fr. Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France. pp. 375–394. Gallica.

Notes and References

1. Book: Strutt, Joseph. Gasper Du Change. A Biographical Dictionary Containing All the Engravers, From the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Day. 1. 191. 1786. Robert Faulder . London.