Chereau, Jacques

Chereau, Jacques, a French engraver, brother and scholar of the foregoing, was born at Blois in 1694. The following are his principal religious works: The Holy Family; The Virgin with the Infant Jesus and St. John;, David with the Head of Goliath, Christ Washing the Feet: of. the Apostles; The Descent from the Cross; He died at Paris in 1759. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.