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Jacques de Fornazeris (fl. 1570–1619?) Little is known about Fornazeris,
a French (possibly of Italian birth) draughtsman, engraver, and publisher
of prints. He was firstly employed by the court of the Savoy at Turin,
and was afterwards active at Lyons, where he resided from around 1600,
and at Paris. He appears to have been principally employed for booksellers,
though his plates are executed in a style very superior to that of the
generality of artists of that class. Fornazeris engraved portraits of
historical personages, topographical views, and architecture in the
Italian and Flemish style. He also engraved several frontispieces, some
quite large, which he generally embellished with small historical figures,
correctly drawn, and of such detail that gives the impression of the
arts of illumination, embroidery and goldsmithing. These were mostly
commissioned for books published by Horatio Cardon, and also for the
Jesuit college in Lyons. He was one of the first to utilise the difficult
burin technique to incise the engraving plate, producing thin, furrowed
lines. A number of his engravings are after works by Kraeck, Vitozzi,
Alphani and Ardente. It is believed that Fornazeris died in 1619 at
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