P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel, a French draughtsman and engraver, was born in Paris about 1750. He was chiefly employed in engraving portraits, which are neatly executed, and which include the following plates:
- Pope Benedict XIV.
- Pope Clement XIV.
- Madame Louise, of France.
- Louis François Gabriel de la Motte, Bishop of Amiens.
- General Paoli.
- Prosper Jean de Crébillon.
- Jean Bart, Admiral.
- The Chevalier d'Eon.
- An allegorical subject; inscribed Trinus et unus.
- A Boy playing on the Tambour de Basque.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bradel, P. Jean Baptiste". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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