Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder

In 1731 he became an Academician, and on the occasion of his reception engraved the portraits of Jacques Sarrazin and Eustache Le Sueur.

He then turned his attention to the fancy subjects of Watteau, Lancret, and Chardin, after whom he executed several fine works.

He also assisted his son, Charles Nicolas Cochin, with the plates of the ceremonies at the marriage of the Dauphin with the Infanta of Spain in 1745.

The undermentioned are his best works: Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels, the wife of Cochin, likewise practised engraving.

She also completed his large plate of the 'Feu d'artifice ' at Rome, which greeted the birth of the Dauphin in 1729, and often assisted him in other works.