Michel Lasne (Caen, ca. 1590–4 December 1667, Paris), was a French engraver, draughtsman and collector.[1]
Lasne was born in Caen and was the son of a goldsmith.[1] He was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp for 1617–18, and probably worked under the direction of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.[1] At that time he made an engraving of Rubens's now-lost Susanna and the Elders, which contains a dedication from Rubens to the Dutch humanist Anna Roemers Visscher.[2] Lasne was in Paris by 1621,[3] and in 1633 he became the official engraver for King Louis XIII.[1] In France, Lasne engraved a number of portraits.[4] There are at least 759 prints by Lasne, including 13 portraits of King Louis XIII and 10 of his wife, Anne of Austria.[1] He made reproductive engravings after the French painters Philippe de Champaigne, Daniel Dumonstier, Simon Vouet, and Charles Le Brun; the Italian painters Paolo Veronese, Francesco Albani, and Titian; and the Spanish painter Jusepe de Ribera.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Meyer, Veronique (2003). Lasne, Michel. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T049446. ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Hottle, Andrew D. (2004). "Commerce and Connections: Peter Paul Rubens and the Dedicated Print". Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek. 55: 54–85. doi:10.1163/22145966-90000105.
- ^ d'Hulst, R.-A.; Vandenven, M. (1989). Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard: Part 3, The Old Testament. London: Harvey Miller Publishers. pp. 170–177.
- ^ Hind, Arthur M. (1963). A History of Engraving & Etching: From the 15th Century to the Year 1914. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. p. 142.
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