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   Boyvin
   René
   R. B. ; Renatus Boyvinus ;
   
   
   1525 c. in Angers, France
   1580 or 1598 (not 1625 as sometimes estimated)
   Paris, France ?
   
   
   his teacher in copper engraving was Pierre Milan, in whose atelier he worked 1547-51
   France
   Jacques Besson: Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinorum (Lyon 1578) ;
   
   Besson's translator Paschali ;
   technical copperplate engraving ; vignettes and portraits ;
   https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-8347 ;
   http://data.bnf.fr/14535700/rene_boyvin/ ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Boyvin and further links there ;
   Jacques Levron: René Boyvin, graveur angevin du 16e siècle, avec catalogue de son oeuvre et la reproduction de 114 estampes (Angers 1941) ; Luisa Dolza & H. Verin in reprint of Bessons Theatrum (Enel 2001: 237) ;
   On R.B.'s special engraving technique see www.museum.cornell.edu/earthlyparadise/boyvin.html.
   172770621
   
   


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