Pierre-François Basan

Who was Pierre-François Basan?

Pierre-François Basan is a French engraver. He was a pupil of Etienne Fessard and Jean Daullé. He was principally occupied as a printseller, and published a 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs' in 1767. He died in 1797. He engraved the following plates:

The Gothic Songster; after A. Both.

An Ecce Homo; after Caravaggio.

Christ breaking the Bread; after Carlo Dolci.

St. Maurice'; after Luca Giordano.

Bacchus and Ariadne; after Jordaens.

Christophe Lemenu de St. Philibert; after Le Fèvre.

Louis XV, with Diogenes; after Le Moine.

The Female Gardener; after Frans Mieris.

The Card-players; after Teniers.

An Incantation; after the same.

Carle Vanloo.

Armand Gaston de Eohan, called the Cardinal de Soubise.

He also executed several copies after the scarce etchings of Rembrandt.