Pierre Eskrich
French engraver and illustrator
Pierre Eskrich, born Pierre Krug and known variously as Pierre Cruche or Pierre Vase (c. 1518 – c. 1590), was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. Connected with humanists during the Reformation, one of his major works was the 16 piece Mappe-Monde Nouvelle Papistique made in 1566 for Jean Baptiste Trento to depict the Protestant's satirical view of the Catholic world. He also illustrated an unpublished project on birds.
Life and work
Eskrich was born in Paris, the son of a German goldsmith named Jacob Krug who came from Freiburg, Brisgau. The German surname Krug is spelled "Cruche" in the French form and literally means a jug which translates loosely to "Vase". In tax documents, he signed as Cruche and in artworks from 1566 to 1568 he signed as Petrus Eskircheus. Eskrich worked as an apprentice to Pierre Vallet, embroiderer for the Duke of Nevers. In 1573 he titled himself as embroiderer for François de Mandelot, the governor of Lyon.
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