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Antoine Masson

French painter and engraver

Antoine Masson

French painter and engraver

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Antoine Masson (1636 – 30 May 1700, in Paris) was a French painter, but above all a line engraver, born at Loury, near Orléans.

He learned engraving as an armorer's apprentice and had no other teaching.

He engraved 68 plates, mostly portraits, of which the most celebrated are those of Henri de Lorraine, count of Harcourt, known as the "Cadet à la Perle," His most famous subject is "The Pilgrims of Emmaus," after Titian, known as "The Tablecloth", because of the extreme care with which Masson has rendered the texture of linen.

Among his few surviving drawings are pastels of Charles II, King of England (Musée Magnin) and Pierre Dupuis (Louvre). His work shows extraordinary facility and great talent for color, but it is often marred by mannerisms, such as in his engraved portrait of Guy Patin, in which the nose was formed from one spiral cut.

His daughter, Madeleine Masson (1666–1713), married the engraver Nicolas Habert. Antoine Masson died in Paris.

''Portrait of Denis Marin'', 1672

Notes

Bibliography

  • Bryan, Michael (1816). "Masson, Anthony" in A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, 2 volumes. London: Carpenter; J. Booker; Whittingham and Arliss. Volumes 1 and 2 at Google Books.
  • Gilman et al., editors (1905). "Masson, Antoine" in New International Encyclopedia, volume 13 at the Internet Archive.
  • Herluison, Henri (1863). Masson (Antoine), pp. 38–39 in Artistes orléanais. Orléans: H. Herluison.
  • Meyer, Véronique. "Masson, Antoine". Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed 11 January 2015, subscription required.
  • Robert-Dumesnil, A. P. F. (1836). "Antoine Masson", vol. 2, pp. 98–139, in Le Peintre-graveur français. Paris: Warée; Huzard. Copy at Google Books.

References

  1. (1 January 2019). "Le peintre-graveur français: ou Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française. Ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch". G. Warée.
  2. Herluison 1863.
  3. Gilman et al. 1905.
  4. He was received (''reçu'') by the [[Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture]] in 1679 and exhibited at the [[Paris Salon]] of 1699.Meyer.
  5. Robert-Dumesnil 1836, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q75CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139 p. 139].
  6. "Habert".
  7. "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)".
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