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    François Poilly, or François de Poilly, (1623 –1693) was a French engraver. He was born in Abbeville, the son of a goldsmith who gave him his first drawing...
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  • and became an engraver like his father, his uncle François de Poilly, and several others in the Poilly family. Originally from Abbeville, Nicolas' father...
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    French-suited tarot decks were made by the de Poilly family of engravers, beginning with a Minchiate deck by François de Poilly in the late 1650s. Aside from these...
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  • Geography decks contained maps of the known world. French engraver François de Poilly (1623–93) produced a French-suited Minchiate deck in the late 1650s...
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    The story of "Poil de carotte" is that of an unloved, redheaded child, the victim of an evil family. François Lepic, nicknamed Poil de carotte, grows...
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    to have attached himself at first to an imitation of the style of François de Poilly. An engraving, dated 1669-93, an impression of which is at the British...
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    congregations seculieres de l'un & l'autre sexe, qui ont esté establies jusque'à present", Engravings by François de Poilly, Ed. Nicolas Gosselin, Paris...
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    known by whom he was instructed, but his style resembles that of François de Poilly. He left a great number of plates, executed principally with the burin...
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    Pieter van Schuppen, Robert Nanteuil, Gérard Edelinck, Antoine Masson, François de Poilly and others. There is a good selection of works by Pierre, Nicolas...
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  • Robert Nanteuil (1623–1678), engraver, draughtsman and pastelist François de Poilly (1623-1693), engraver Gabriel Perelle (1604–1677), engraver Gérard...
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