Gabriel Perelle [SEP] place of death
Gabriel Perelle
Gabriel Perelle (born 1604 in Vernon, Eure, died 1677 in Paris) was a French draftsman and printmaker of topographic views and landscapes.
A pupil of Simon Vouet, Perelle specialized in classical landscapes not dissimilar to those of Francisque Millet, although more obviously decorative. He founded an etching workshop, and his sons Nicolas and Adam assisted him.
Perelle was also a pupil of Daniel Rabel and produced several hundred engravings both from his own drawings and from those of his competitors Israël Silvestre, Paul Bril
Nicolas Perelle
Nicolas Perelle (1631–1695) was a French painter and engraver.
Son of Gabriel Perelle and older brother to Adam Perelle, he was the author of some of the prints of the Louis the Great's conquests.
External links.
- Veües des plus beaux lieux de France et d'Italie : Digitized album containing 283 prints (Princeton University Digital Library)