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

Life

Béatrizet was born at Luneville in or before 1520. From his style, it has been conjectured that he was a scholar of Ghisi and Agostino Veneziano de Musis. From 1540 to 1560, he engraved under the direction of Michelangelo. He died at Rome after 1560. 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".

Works

He usually signed his plates with the letters "N. B. L. F.". Their number is considerable, but most of them are included in the following list:

Portraits

Religious subjects

Secular and mythological subjects