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Jean-Baptiste Massé

1687-12-29 – 1767-09-26

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Massé
Portrait du peintre Jean-Baptiste MasséCredit: Johann Georg Wille / After Louis Tocqué

Life & Legacy

Jean-Baptiste Massé (29 December 1687, in Paris – 26 September 1767, in Paris) was a French miniature painter, engraver, and draftsman, best remembered as the court painter of Louis XV, for training Jean-Étienne Liotard and Cornelius Høyer, and for his volumes on the works of Charles Le Brun titled Galerie de Versailles (produced 1732–1753).

Occupation & Career

artist, painter, engraver, visual artist

Legacy Highlights

Organizations & Memberships

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q3164270 — wikidata View source

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