(b Frankfurt an der Oder, 1729; d Paris, before 16 Nov 1790). German engraver, active in France. He was probably of French descent and studied engraving under Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712–75) in Berlin before moving to Paris, where he completed his training under Jean-Georges Wille. His connection with Wille was to serve him well: he married Mlle Deforge, the younger sister of Mme Wille, and throughout his life enjoyed Wille’s benevolent interest in his career. Wille gave him work that he was too busy to do himself, added finishing touches to Chevillet’s plates and even agreed terms of payment on Chevillet’s behalf. In short, Chevillet lived in Wille’s shadow, and as a result his work has never been considered better than that of a good pupil. Two of Chevillet’s most successful engravings, the Good Example and Mademoiselle sa soeur (1762; Paris, Bib. N. cat. nos 8–9), are after Johann Caspar Heilmann (1718–60), a close friend of Wille; he also engraved numerous designs after Wille’s son, Pierre Alexandre Wille (Bib. N. cat. nos 27–33). His best work is considered to be one of his many engravings after portraits, Jean-Siméon Chardin’s Self-portrait (1771; Bib. N. cat. no. 38). Chevillet engraved after his contemporaries Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince and Louis-Rolland Trinquesse, among others. According to Wille, he became a member of the Vienna Akademie in 1775.