Pierre François Basan
Pierre François Basan was a French engraver whose burin work reproduced and circulated the compositions of earlier masters, above all Rubens, alongside allegorical and mythological scenes of his own design. Three engravings by his hand are gathered here, among them Old Woman with a Brazier, after Rubens, together with Venus Giving Nectar to Cupid and Cupid Instructed by Mercury. The sheets represent his reproductive printmaking and his treatment of putti and classical subjects, and where impressions postdate his lifetime they are noted as later printings rather than new compositions.
3 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
