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    Gilles Demarteau

    French etcher, engraver and publisher (1722–1776)

    Gilles Demarteau or Gilles Demarteau the Elder (19 January 1722, in Liège – 31 July 1776, in Paris) was an etcher, engraver and publisher who was active in Paris for his entire career.[1] He is one of the persons to whom has been attributed the invention of the crayon manner of engraving.

    He is recognized as playing an important role in the development of this engraving technique. He was one of the key reproductive engravers and publishers of the work of François Boucher.[2][3]

    Life

    Gilles Demarteau was born in Liège, at the time in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (now Belgium).

    His father was a gunsmith, from whom Demarteau learned metal engraving and the goldsmith's trade.

    Gilles Demarteau The Evening after Jean-Baptiste Huet Mr Nera's Wallet 1770 ; Condition.

    He likely also studied drawing as he became one of the best draftsmen of his time. Still young, he joined in Paris his brother who worked there as a goldsmith. This was probably around 1748–1750.[3&#