Pierre-François Basan
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Pierre-François Basan, a French engraver
, born in Paris in 1723. He was a pupil of Etienne Fessard and Jean Daullé
. He was principally occupied as a printseller, and published a 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs' in 1767. He died in 1797.
He engraved the following plates:
He also executed several copies after the scarce etchings of Rembrandt.
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
, born in Paris in 1723. He was a pupil of Etienne Fessard and Jean Daullé
Jean Daullé
Jean Daullé, a French engraver, was born at Abbeville in 1703. He received his first lessons in engraving from Dom Robart, a monk of thepriory of St. Peter at Abbeville, and afterwards went to Paris, where his fellow-citizen, Robert Hecquet, taught him what little he himself knew. His merit did not...
. He was principally occupied as a printseller, and published a 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs' in 1767. He died in 1797.
He engraved the following plates:
- The Gothic Songster; after A. BothAndries BothAndries Both , was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter, one of the bamboccianti, and brother of Jan Dirksz Both.Both was born in Utrecht, the son of a glass painter. He studied under Abraham Bloemaert. According to Joachim von Sandrart Andries and his brother Jan cooperated on the paintings, with Jan...
. - An Ecce Homo; after CaravaggioCaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
. - Christ breaking the Bread; after Carlo DolciCarlo DolciCarlo Dolci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence, known for highly finished religious pictures, often repeated in many versions.-Biography:...
. - St. Maurice'; after Luca GiordanoLuca GiordanoLuca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
. - Bacchus and Ariadne; after JordaensJacob JordaensJacob Jordaens was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their...
. - Christophe Lemenu de St. Philibert; after Le Fèvre.
- Louis XV, with Diogenes; after Le MoineFrançois LemoyneFrançois Lemoyne or François Le Moine was a French rococo painter.He was born in Paris. In 1701, when he was 13 years old, he entered the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. He studied under Louis Galloche and stayed until 1713. In 1711, Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome...
. - The Female Gardener; after Frans MierisFrans van MierisFrans van Mieris is the name of:* Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter* Frans van Mieris, Jr., his grandson, Dutch painter...
. - The Card-players; after TeniersDavid Teniers the YoungerDavid Teniers the Younger was a Flemish artist born in Antwerp, the son of David Teniers the Elder. His son David Teniers III and his grandson David Teniers IV were also painters...
. - An Incantation; after the same.
- Carle Vanloo.
- Armand Gaston de Eohan, called the Cardinal de Soubise.
He also executed several copies after the scarce etchings of Rembrandt.