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.[1]
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.[2] 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." [2]
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.
^ abStrutt, Joseph (1786). "Gasper Du Change". A Biographical Dictionary Containing All the Engravers, From the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Day. Vol. 1. London: Robert Faulder. p. 191.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Duchange, Gaspard". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.