Pierre-François Basan
Pierre-François Basan (23 October 1723,
Biography
His father, Claude-Pierre Basan, was a wine merchant and his mother, Nicole née Charpizaux, was a cousin of the engraver, Étienne Fessard, who gave him his first drawing lessons. Later, he studied with Jean Daullé.
From 1747, he worked for the print publisher,
From 1761 to 1779, he published a series of 650 engravings in six volumes called L’Œuvre de Basan. It consists of his inventory or fonds of engravings after the
Together with
The knowledge he acquired in the course of his business made him a much sought-after expert for estate sales, auctions, and the writing of catalogues. In 1767, he published one of the first Dictionary of Engravers, which was revised and reissued in 1789, the year he retired from business; his wife, Marie, having died the year before. His two sons, Antoine-Simon-Ferdinand and Henri-Louis succeeded him and kept his company operating until 1809.
Notable engravings
- The Gothic Songster; after A. Both.
- An Ecce Homo; after Caravaggio.
- Christ breaking the Bread; after Carlo Dolci.
- St. Maurice; after Luca Giordano.
- Bacchus and Ariadne; after Jordaens.
- Christophe Lemenu de St. Philibert; after Le Fèvre.
- Louis XV, with Diogenes; after Le Moine.
- The Female Gardener; after Frans Mieris.
- The Card-players; after Teniers.
- An Incantation; after the same.
- Carle Vanloo.
- Armand Gaston de Eohan, called the Cardinal de Soubise.
References
- ^ Enumerated and described by Marcel Roux, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, t. 2 (Paris, 1933), pp. 90-154.
- OCLC 470234364..
- ISBN 2-905028-10-6..
- ^ Wilson, Chance (1 January 2021). "After Rembrandt: reconsidering restrikes, reworkings and copies in New Zealand's public collections". Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 32: 152–188.
- ^ Pierre-Philippe Choffard exécutent les frontispices, in Internet Archive
Further reading
- Pierre Casselle, "Pierre-François Basan, marchand d’estampes à Paris (1723-1797)", in: Paris et Île-de-France : Mémoires, Vol.33, 1982, pp.99-185.
- Pierre Casselle, "Pierre-François Basan" and "Basan frères", entries in the Dictionnaire des éditeurs d’estampes à Paris sous l’Ancien Régime, Paris, Promodis – Cercle de la Librairie, 1987, pp.42-44.
External links
- Biography and data @ Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes