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Vauquer [Vauquier], Jean [Jacques]
(b Blois, 11 Oct 1621; d Blois, 31 Aug 1686). French etcher, draughtsman and gold-engraver. He came from a family of clockmakers in Reims. His oeuvre consists of more than 130 prints, made with a fine, delicate line, after his own compositions and those of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, his master and kinsman. Apart from a few biblical subjects on black ground for medals, snuff-boxes or watch-cases, he mostly represented flowers in bouquets or in vases, baskets, garlands or friezes. These were published by Nicolas Langlois (1640–1703) or François de Poilly (1623–93), often grouped in series: Livre de fleurs (10 pls); Vases de fleurs propre pour les peintres, brodeurs et dessinateurs (40 pls); Livres de fleurs propre pour les orfèvres et graveurs (8 pls, signed V. F. with the annotation à Blois). According to Mariette, Vauquer was skilled in drawing flowers and particularly excelled in engraving flowers and other decorations on jewellery. His brother Robert Vauquer (1625–70) was an enamel painter.
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