Marot, Daniel (1661-1752; French/Dutch)
4 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi (c.1686-87)
Etching and engraving, various sizes
Gift of George Collins Levey 1879
National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.154-1 to 157-1)
= Levey gift, cat.146, 149-50 & 172
[photo: Ypres (p.183.157-1)]
Daniel Marot was a Huguenot who settled in the Netherlands after French Protestants were proscribed under the edict of Nantes (October 1685). His first documented work is from 1686.
He was a key figure in transmitting le style Louis XIV to the Netherlands, and was later influential in England during the period of William and Mary.
He was the son of Jean Marot: see now Marot (J.) Plans and elevations of the Louvre {1879} NGV [PR].
The individual engravings contributed by Daniel Marot to the present series, supervised by Le Clerc, were as follows:
Mastrick [p.183.154-1] [Levey gift, cat.146]
Besançon [p.183.155-1] [Levey gift, cat.149]
Dole [p.183.156-1] [Levey gift, cat.150]
Ypres [p.183.157-1] [Levey gift, cat.172] (reproduced above)
The military engagements represented all occurred in the 1670s; for further details, see Levey gift, cat.134ff.
Refs.
Not listed in NGV 1894 or 1905
For the NGV impressions, refer online catalogue (the only print reproduced is Ypres). Cf.Suite et Arrangement (1727), pp.19-20. For Daniel Marot, see AKL 87 (2015), p.277 (not listed in Bénézit)