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Feb 05, 1754 Versailles, Île de France, France Died on 04 Mar 1811 (aged 57)
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About Gilles Louis Chrétien
- Gilles-Louis Chrétien (5 February 1754 – 4 March 1811) was a French cellist. Chrétien was born at Versailles.
- In 1787 he invented a machine called a 'physionotrace,' with which hisg took portraits in profile from life.
- He worked initially with Edme Quénedey, but then went into partnership with the miniaturist Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, until the latter's death c.
- 1799.
- Fouquet produced the grand trait drawing, sometimes highlighted or coloured in pastel, which Chrétien then engraved in aquatint.
- Many of them are of great interest on account of the celebrity of the persons represented, 'L'Incorruptible Robespierre,' Mirabeau, and Marat being among the hundreds which he produced.
- He died in Paris in 1811.
