Valentin Lefebre

Valentin Lefebre^[a] (1637–1677) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker.

Life edit

Valentin Lefebre was born in Brussels in 1637,^[1] or around 1642.^[2] He died in 1677,^[1] or between 1680 and 1682: allegedly in Venice,^[2] or in England.^[3]

Works edit

He etched the series Opera selectiora quae Titianus … et Paulus Calliari Veronensis invenerunt et pinxerunt.^[2] The collection consists of fifty-three etchings after works by Titian, Paolo Veronese, and Jacopo Tintoretto.^[4] The series was first published in Venice by Jacob van Campen in 1682,^[b] and was dedicated to Louis XIV.^[4] It was often reprinted: in 1684, 1749, and 1763; and later by Teodoro Viero, who added his address to the plates, in 1786 and 1789.^[1]^[2]

In the church of Santa Giustina in Padua is his painting of Saint Maurus with angels (1688).^[2]

Notes edit

^ The name is variously given as Lefebre, Le Febre, Le Fevre, Lefebure, and Lefèvre.^[1]
^ The edition of 1680 has probably never existed.^[2]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brit. Mus.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Beyer, et al., eds. 2021.
^ Benezit 2011.
^ ^a ^b Peinelt-Schmidt 2019, p. 207.

Sources edit

Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. (2021). "Lefebvre, Valentine". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - International Artist Database - Online. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
Peinelt-Schmidt, Sabine (2019). "9. Of Oak and Elder, Cloud-like Angels, and a Bird's Nest: The Graphic Interpretations of Titian's The Death of St. Peter Martyr by Martino Rota, Giovanni Battista Fontana, Valentin Lefebre, John Baptist Jackson, and their Successors". In Goodchild, Karen; Oettinger, April; Prosperetti, Leopoldine (eds.). Green Worlds in Early Modern Italy: Art and the Verdant Earth. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 207–216.
"Lefebvre, Valentin". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
"Valentin Lefebre". British Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2022.