Claude Duflos Explained

Claude Duflos (1665–1727) was a French engraver.

Duflos was born and died in Paris. It is not known by whom he was instructed, but his style resembles that of François de Poilly. He left a great number of plates, executed principally with the burin, and very neatly finished. The following are the most notable:

Portraits

• Philip, Duke of Orleans

after R. Tournières.

• Jean-François-Paul de Gondy, Cardinal de Retz.
• Denis-François de Chavigny, Bishop of Troyes.
• Nicolas Lyon, Procureur du Roi; after Herluyson.
• Jean Jacques Gaudart, Conseiller du Roi; after Largillière.
• Marc René de Voyer; after Hyacinthe Rigaud.

Subjects after various masters

• The Entombment of Christ; after P. Perugino; for the Crozat Collection.
• The same subject; after Raphael.
• St. Michael discomfiting the Evil Spirit; after the same; for the Crozat Collection.
• Christ with the Disciples at Emmaus; after Paolo Veronese; for the Crozat Collection.
• The Adulteress before Christ; after N. Colombel.
• Christ at table with the Disciples; after Titian.
• Bust of the Virgin; after Guido.
• The Annunciation; after Albani.
• Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen; after the same.
• St. Cecilia; after P. Mignard.
• The Presentation in the Temple; after Le Sueur.
• The Descent from the Cross; after the same.
• The Murder of the Innocents; after Le Brun.
• Christ on the Mount of Olives; after the same.
• The Crucifixion; after the same.
• The same subject; after the same; from the print by Edelinck.
• The Dead Christ, with the Virgin and St. John; after the same.
• The Descent of the Holy Ghost; after the same.
• The Assumption of the Virgin; after the same.
• The Penitent Magdalen; after the same.
• The Annunciation; after A. Coypel.
• The Crucifixion; after the same.
• The Magdalen at the foot of the Cross; after the same.
• A Concert; after Domenichino.
• The Triumph of Galatea; after the same.
• Cupid stung by a Bee; after the same.
• The same subject; smaller and circular.
• Bacchus and Ariadne; after the same.
• The Triumph of Bacchus; after C. Natoire.
• The Triumph of Amphitrite; after the same.