Valentin Lefebre

Valentin Lefebre^[a] (1637–1677) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker.

Lefebre's altarpiece for the Capella di San Mauro in the abbey church of Santa Giustina, Padua

Life

Valentin Lefebre was born in Brussels in 1637,^[1] or around 1642.^[2] He died in 1677,^[1] or between 1680 and 1682: allegedly in Venice,^[2] or in England.^[3]

Works

He etched the series Opera selectiora quae Titianus … et Paulus Calliari Veronensis invenerunt et pinxerunt.^[2] The collection consists of fifty-three etchings after works by Titian, Paolo Veronese, and Jacopo Tintoretto.^[4] The series was first published in Venice by Jacob van Campen in 1682,^[b] and was dedicated to Louis XIV.^[4] It was often reprinted: in 1684, 1749, and 1763; and later by Teodoro Viero, who added his address to the plates, in 1786 and 1789.^[1][2]

In the church of Santa Giustina in Padua is his painting of Saint Maurus with angels (1688).^[2]

Notes

1. The name is variously given as Lefebre, Le Febre, Le Fevre, Lefebure, and Lefèvre.^[1]
2. The edition of 1680 has probably never existed.^[2]