Nicolas Beatrizet

Nicolas Béatrizet (or Beatrizet, or Beatricetto) was a 16th century French engraver, working in Rome.

From his style, it has been conjectured that he was a scholar of Ghisi and Agostino Veneziano de Musis.

[1] Joseph Strutt believed that the importance of Béatrizet's works lay rather in the fact that his engravings were unique records of pictures by some of the greatest artists rather than their inherent quality.

He wrote that "they seem to want any requisite, that a fine engraving ought to possess, namely, drawing, character, effect, and mechanical execution".

Their number is considerable, but most of them are included in the following list:[1]