Artist

John Simon

Portrait of John Simon
Portrait of John Simon

French, 1675–1751

John Simon was a French Baroque artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art. John Simon was born in Normandy.

Jean Simon, anglicized as John Simon (also spelled Simons; c. 1675–1751) was an English mezzotint engraver and print publisher of French Huguenot birth, particularly known for his portraits. Notably associated with the German-born portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, Simon had an active career that spanned at least three and a half decades, and was regarded as one of the mezzotint medium's most prolific masters of his generation, along with the older contemporaneous master John Smith.

Works by John Simon

Collections represented

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