Nicolas de Poilly the Younger

Nicolas de Poilly the Younger
Born28 June 1675
Paris, France
Died12 August 1747(1747-08-12) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Educationpupil of Pierre Mignard and Jean Jouvenet
FatherNicolas de Poilly the Elder
RelativesThe Poilly family of engravers
AwardsPrix de Rome, 1698

Nicolas de Poilly (June 28, 1675 – August 12, 1747), also called Nicolas de Poilly the Younger, Nicolas de Poilly jeune, or Nicolas II de Poilly (to distinguish him from his father, Nicolas de Poilly the Elder), was an academically trained French artist who won the Prix de Rome for painting in 1698. Despite an impressive start, he largely abandoned painting for drawing and became an engraver like his father, his uncle François de Poilly, and several others in the Poilly family.

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