(b Lyon, 25 Aug 1658; d Paris, 28 May 1734). Painter, nephew of (1) Claude Audran. He trained with his uncles. He was solely a decorative artist, specializing in painted panelling, harpsichord cases and so on; he was, however, able to renew the genre with his arabesques, grotesques and singeries (see fig.). He worked at Versailles, Anet, Marly, Sceaux, Meudon and La Muette. He also made many tapestry cartoons for the Gobelins, including the Douze mois grotesques (1699) and the Portières des dieux. His decorations are now known mainly through his many drawings, a large collection of which is in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. His style influenced the decorators of the Régence. Watteau was one of his pupils.

Part of the Audran family