Louis-Joseph Masquelier
Louis-Joseph Masquelier or Masquelier the Elder (21 February 1741 – 26 May 1811) was a French draughtsman and engraver. Louis-Joseph Masquelier was born in Cysoing near Lille in northern France, he died in Paris. He was very close to François-Denis Née, with whom he studied under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas.
Also recorded as L.J. Masquelier · Louis Joseph Masquelier I · Louis Joseph, I Masquelier · Louis Joseph Masquelier
Louis-Joseph Masquelier
François Denis Née · Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, VIATICALPES, cote: 3C 354/1-4, Tableaux topographiques, pittoresques, physiques, historiques, moraux, politiques, littéraires, de la Suisse, 350 i · Public domain
- Born
- 1741. · Cysoing.
- Died
- 1811. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- draftsperson, printmaker, copper engraver and bookseller.
- Languages
- French.
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Louis-Joseph Masquelier or Masquelier the Elder (21 February 1741 – 26 May 1811) was a French draughtsman and engraver. Louis-Joseph Masquelier was born in Cysoing near Lille in northern France, he died in Paris. He was very close to François-Denis Née, with whom he studied under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas.
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Born at Cysoing in 1741, died in Paris in 1811.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is engraving, art and print production. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Louis-Joseph Masquelier is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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- 1.Aimé Nicolas Leroy, Arthur Dinaux, André Joseph Ghislain Le Glay, Archives historiques et littéraires du nord de la France et du midi de la Belgique, 1842, Au Bureau des Archives (lire en ligne).
- 2.Portalis Roger, Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, t. 3, Paris, 1880-1882, D. Morgand et C. Fatout, p. 36.
- 3.Antoine Vincent Arnault, Biographie nouvelle des contemporains ou Dictionnaire historique et raisonné de tous les hommes qui, depuis la Révolution française, ont acquis de la célébrité par leurs actions, leurs écrits, leurs erreurs ou leurs crimes..., 1824.
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