Personalities Drevet, Pierre-Imbert

Engraver. Son and student of the famous engraver Pierre Drevet the Elder (1663-1738). At an early age, he mastered the art of engraving and soon surpassed his father in skill. One of the main representatives of the heyday of engraving in France in the first third of the 18th century. Drevet managed to convey the texture of various materials brilliantly: satin, lace, fur, metal products. The portraits engraved by him are the very perfection in the correctness of the drawing, confidence and elegance of the cutter. In 1724 (at the age of 27), he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Louis XIV honored him with the title of engraver to the king and also gave him apartments in the Louvre. In recent years, due to a progressive brain disease, he had to work together with his father. Firmin-Didot credits him with the creation of 41 engravings, 32 of which are portraits. Among his students were François and Jacques Chéreau and Simon Vallée.