Antoine Masson (1636 – 30 May 1700) 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 was received (reçu) by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1679 and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1699. 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," Gaspard Charrier, and Olivier… Read more...

Author:

after Carlo Maratta

Also known as:

Carlo Maratti

Il Cavaliere Carlo Maratti

Born:

18th May, 1625

Dead:

15th Dec, 1713

Country:

Italie

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Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 1625 – 15 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from Raphael, he was not exempt from the influence of Baroque painting and particularly in his use of colour. His contemporary and friend, Giovanni Bellori, wrote an early biography on Maratta. Read more...