Engraver:  Drevet, Pierre-Imbert (1697-1739) French

After: Coypel, Charles-Antoine (1694-1752) French
Date of Original: 1726

Pierre-Imbert Drevet, called the Younger (1697-1739), a son and a pupil of the famous engraver, Pierre Drevet the Elder. Besides his masterly portraits, Pierre-Imbert produced many religious and historical plates, chiefly of Coypel. He became a member of the Académie de Peinture, when he was 27, and the king assigned him apartments in the Louvre. Among his pupils were François and Jacques Chéreau and Simon Vallée.