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Michel Lasne

French engraver and collector

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French engraver and collector

''Susanna and the Elders'' by Michel Lasne, after [[Peter Paul Rubens]], ca. 1617-18

Michel Lasne (Caen, ca. 1590–4 December 1667, Paris), was a French engraver, draughtsman and collector.

Lasne was born in Caen and was the son of a goldsmith. Lasne was in Paris by 1621, and in 1633 he became the official engraver for King Louis XIII. There are at least 759 prints by Lasne, including 13 portraits of King Louis XIII and 10 of his wife, Anne of Austria. 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.

References

Meyer, Veronique. (2003). "Oxford Art Online".
Hottle, Andrew D.. (2004). "Commerce and Connections: Peter Paul Rubens and the Dedicated Print". Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek.
(1989). "Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard: Part 3, The Old Testament". Harvey Miller Publishers.

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