Charles Louis Simonneau

Charles Louis Simonneau (baptised 3 August 1645, Orléans – 22 March 1728, Paris)[1], was a French engraver.

Ceiling of the Escalier des Ambassadeurs in Versailles, 1720

Biography

According to Houbraken he made engravings for a series titled "Effigies Raymundi la Fage".[2] He is the younger brother of Charles Louis Simonneau.

According to the RKD he was a contributor to works used by Jan van der Brugge, who was a great admirer of Raymond Lafage.[3] He was a painter as well as an engraver.[3]

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References
  1. BnF, Charles-Louis Simonneau (1645-1728), Retrieved 17 August 2017
  2. (in Dutch) Ch. Simonneau mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital Library for Dutch Literature
  3. Charles Louis Simonneau in the RKD
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