Gilles Rousselet

[3][5] Gilles Rousselet married in 1645 to Judith Le Goux in the Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs church, and together they had fourteen children.

[6] During his career he reproduced work by artists, including Grégoire Huret, Claude Vignon, Jacques Stella, Laurent de La Hyre, Raphael, Pietro da Cortona, Guido Reni, Valentin de Boulogne, Nicolas Poussin, and his friend Charles Le Brun.

Unlike Rousselet, many of the known engravers of the 17th century created their own original artworks and were held at higher esteem, such as Jacques Callot, Claude Mellan, Robert Nanteuil, and Israel Silvestre.

[6] The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture had always considered printmakers and engravers inferior to painters, and starting in 1663, the first engravers were admitted, starting in April with François Chauveau.

[3] On July 22, 1686, an inventory was made of his belongings, which included all of his prints and engraving plates.

Simplice Sicut Columbae , engraved by Gilles Rousselet, after Sébastien Bourdon 's "Sainte Famille, sainte Elisabeth et saint Jean-Baptiste dans un paysage"
Sibille Tiburtine or Sibylle Tiburtine , from the series Douze Sybilles , engraved by Gilles Rousselet after Abraham Bosse