Editing Bertrand Andrieu

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[[File:Pierre Maximilien Delafontaine, The Skater (Bertrand Andrieu), 1798.jpg|thumb|Andrieu as a skater painted by [[Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine]], 1798]]
'''Bertrand Andrieu''' (24 November 1761&nbsp;&ndash; 6 December 1822) was a [[French people|French]] [[engraving|engraver]] of medals. He was born in [[Bordeaux]]. In [[Kingdom of France|France]], he was considered as the restorer of the art, which had declined after the time of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. During the last twenty years of his life, the French government commissioned him to undertake every major work of importance.{{sfnp|EB|1878}}{{sfnp|EB|1911}}

[[File:Bertrand Andrieu - Decoration Commemorating the Birth of the "King of Rome" - Walters 57951 - Back.jpg|thumb|Bertrand Andrieu, Decoration Commemorating the Birth of the "King of Rome", 1811]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite encyclopedia |contribution=[[s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Andrieu, Bertrand|Bertrand Andrieu]] |title=Encyclopædia Britannica|edition= 9th |volume=II  |editor-last=Baynes |editor-first=Thomas Spencer |display-editors=0 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1878 |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} }}
* {{EB1911 |wstitle=Andrieu, Bertrand |volume=1 |page=974 |ref={{harvid|EB|1911}} }}

==External links==
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[[Category:Artists from Bordeaux]]
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[[Category:19th-century French male artists]]
[[Category:French medallists]]
[[Category:18th-century French male artists]]


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