Antoine Masson
{{Short description|French painter and engraver}}
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Antoine Masson (1636 – 30 May 1700, in Paris)Herluison 1863. was a French painter, but above all a line engraver, born at Loury, near Orléans.Gilman et al. 1905.
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.Meyer.
He engraved 68 plates,Robert-Dumesnil 1836, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q75CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139 p. 139]. 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 d'Ormesson.Bryan 1816.
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.{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14962293c.public|title=Habert|website=BnF Catalogue général}}{{cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500073869|title=ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)|website=www.getty.edu}} Antoine Masson died in Paris.
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Bibliography
- Bryan, Michael (1816). [https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008674281/page/n40 "Masson, Anthony"] in A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, 2 volumes. London: Carpenter; J. Booker; Whittingham and Arliss. Volumes [https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008674281 1] and [https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008674281 2] at Google Books.
- Gilman et al., editors (1905). [https://archive.org/stream/newinternational13gilm#page/169/mode/1up "Masson, Antoine"] in New International Encyclopedia, [https://archive.org/stream/newinternational13gilm#page/n6/mode/1up volume 13] at the Internet Archive.
- Herluison, Henri (1863). [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_BXgOAAAAYAAJ#page/n38/mode/1up Masson (Antoine)], pp. 38–39 in Artistes orléanais. Orléans: H. Herluison.
- Meyer, Véronique. [http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T055028 "Masson, Antoine"]. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed 11 January 2015, subscription required.
- Robert-Dumesnil, A. P. F. (1836). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q75CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA98 "Antoine Masson"], vol. 2, pp. 98–139, in Le Peintre-graveur français. Paris: Warée; Huzard. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q75CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 Copy] at Google Books.
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