P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel

Portrait of Richard François Philippe Brunck, from the Cabinet des estampes et des dessins (Strasbourg).

P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel, a French draughtsman and engraver, was born in Paris about 1750. He was chiefly employed in engraving portraits, which are neatly executed, and which include the following plates:

• Pope Benedict XIV.
• Pope Clement XIV.
• Madame Louise, of France.
• Louis François Gabriel de la Motte, Bishop of Amiens.
• General Paoli.
• Prosper Jean de Crébillon.
• Jean Bart, Admiral.
• The Chevalier d'Eon.
• An allegorical subject; inscribed Trinus et unus.
• A Boy playing on the Tambour de Basque.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bradel, P. Jean Baptiste". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.