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GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN , the most celebrated French engraver, was the third son of Claude Audran, and was born at Lyons in 164o. He was taught the first principles of design and engraving by his father; and, following the example of his brother, went to Paris to perfect himself in his art. He there, in 1666, engraved for Le Brun " Constantine
Maxentius
Triumph
great
satisfaction to the painter, and placed Attdran in the very first rank of engravers at Paris. Next year he set out for Rome, where he resided three years, and engraved several fine plates. That great
Academy
taste as character and facility. But in the ` Battles of Alexander' he surpassed even the expectations of Le Brun himself." Gerard published in 1683 a work
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