(b ?Paris, 1611; d Paris, 22 June 1669). French painter, draughtsman and engraver. He is principally known for his collections of portraits, for which he furnished the drawings; they were engraved by Fran?ois Bignon (b c. 1620) and published jointly with him. They included Voicy les portraicts au naturel ... de messieurs les pl?nipotentiares assemblez ? Munster et Onasburg pour faire la paix g?n?rale (Paris, 1648), which has 33 plates, and Les Portraits des hommes illustres fran?ois qui sont peints dans la galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu (Paris, 1650), which has 26 plates and a frontispiece. Although he was not received (re?u) by the Acad?mie Royale until 1663, Heince was described as early as 1648 as Peintre Ordinaire du Roy. The goldsmiths' corporation of Paris commissioned him on two occasions, in 1654 and 1665, to paint the Mays intended for the chapter of the cathedral of Notre-Dame: the Conversion of St Lydia Purpuraria and Simon Magus Offering Money to St Peter (both untraced). As an engraver, Heince left three prints after Francesco Primaticcio: the Mater dolorosa, the Children's Bacchanalia (1631) and the Handsome Haberdasher. Also attributed to him are the designs for twelve ornamental engravings by Bignon and Michel Dorigny, in the form of friezes representing tritons and naiads: these were dedicated to Chancelier S?guier.
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