Jean-Charles Le Vasseur
(b Abbeville, 21 Oct 1734; d Paris, 29 Nov 1816). French printmaker. He studied drawing and engraving in Abbeville with Philippe-Auguste Lef?bure ( fl c. 1770); he then moved to Paris, where he worked first in Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet's studio and then in that of Jean Daull?. On 29 July 1769 he was approved (agr??) by the Acad?mie Royale and was received (re?u) on 26 February 1771, on presentation of Diana and Endymion after Jean-Baptiste van Loo. He was also a member of the Akademie of Vienna and the Accademia di S Luca in Venice. He was a reproductive engraver tackling a great variety of subjects, particularly the works of contemporary French artists, such as Fran?ois Boucher, Carle Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean Restout II, Nicolas-Bernard L?pici? and Fran?ois Lemoyne. His oeuvre consists of almost 170 prints, mostly etchings, half of which are large. They display delicate modelling, a sure touch, an exuberant style and a steady hand, but, overall, the quality of his work is uneven. He engraved his own portrait by Greuze (Abbeville, Mus. Boucher-de-Perthes).
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