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Primarily known as a copperplate engraver, Delaune was originally an engraver of medals and seems to have worked with Benvenuto Cellini during his sojourn in Paris. In 1552 Delaune was briefly engraver to the newly mechanized Paris mint. Some of his drawings for medals and coins are at the Bibliotheque Nationale. See H. Stocklein in Thieme-Becker 9, pp. 2-3; Forrer 3, pp. 335-39; Kress, p. 103; H. Stocklein, "Die Medaillen von E. Delaune in der Staatlichen Muenzsammlung Muenchen," in Georg Habich zum 60. Geburtstag, Munich 1928, pp. 53-62; B. Thomas, "Die muenchner Harnischvorzeichnungen des Etienne Delaune fuer die Emblem und die Schlangen-Garniture Heinrichs 11 von Frankreich," ]ahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien 56 (1960), pp. 7-62 (at pp. 24-25, figs. 19-27, drawings for medals) ; C. Eisler, "Etienne Delaune et les graveurs de son entourage," L'Oeil, no. 132 (1965), pp. 10-19, 78; Y. Hackenbroch, "New knowledge on jewels and designs after Etienne Delaune," Connoisseur (June 1966), pp. 83-89 --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976 Names: Delaune, Étienne (preferred, index, V) Étienne Delaune (V) de Laune, Etienne (V) Delaune, Etienne (V) Delaulne, Etienne (V)