Michel Lasne

Michel Lasne (Caen, ca. 1590–4 December 1667, Paris), was a French engraver, draughtsman and collector.[1]

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

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
  1. Meyer, Veronique. "Lasne, Michel". Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. Hottle, Andrew D. (2004). "Commerce and Connections: Peter Paul Rubens and the Dedicated Print". Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek. 55: 54–85.
  3. d'Hulst, R.-A.; Vandenven, M. (1989). Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard: Part 3, The Old Testament. London: Harvey Miller Publishers. pp. 170–177.
  4. 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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