Marie-Jeanne Renard du Bos explained

Marie-Jeanne Renard du Bos[1] (1701  - between 1730 and 1750) was a French engraver.

Biography

She was probably born in Paris and became a pupil of Charles Dupuis.[2] She engraved several paintings, including a painting by Francoise Basseporte of a woman at half-length stroking a rabbit, that was published in Versailles immortalisée in 1720. She was mentioned for this in Louis-Marie Prudhomme's dictionary of famous women.[3] Prudhomme claimed the year of her death was unknown in 1830.

She probably died in Paris.

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Notes and References

  1. Also spelled Dubos (as in the Web Gallery of Art profile).
  2. http://explore.rkd.nl/nl/artists/423494 Marie-Jeanne Renard du Bos
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=v885AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA260 Louis-Marie Prudhomme's