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Henriet, Israël
(b Nancy, c. 1590; bur Paris, 25 April 1661). French painter, etcher, draughtsman and print-publisher. He was the son of Claude Henriet II (c. 1540–1603/4), court painter to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. Henriet, like his compatriot and friend Jacques Callot, travelled to Italy, where he studied engraving (1618–21) in Rome, in the studio of Antonio Tempesta. However, he did very little printmaking and only some 20 etchings inspired by Callot are, with reservations, attributed to him; he nevertheless distinguished himself through the quality of his pen-and-ink drawings, and Louis XIII himself is said to have asked him to teach him drawing. However, once Henriet had settled in Paris (1622), his chief activity became the publication of prints.
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