Robert Bénard
A variety of plumes. Engraving by R. Bénard after Degerantin Wellcome
Robert Bénard (1734, Paris – 1777) was an 18th-century French engraver.
Specialized in the technique of engraving, Robert Ménard is mainly famous for having supplied a significant amount of plates (at least 1,800) to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d'Alembert from 1751.
Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.
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- M. Pinault-Sørensen, F. A. Kafker, Notices sur les collaborateurs du recueil de planches de l'Encyclopédie, Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie, 1995, n° 18-19, p. 204.
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