Jacques-Philippe Le Bas or Lebas (8 July 1707 - 14 April 1783) was a French

France

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Engraving

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Life and work

Lebas was engraver to the Cabinet du roi

Menus-Plaisirs du Roi

The Menus-Plaisirs du Roi was, in the organisation of the French royal household under the Ancien Régime, the department of the Maison du Roi responsible for the "lesser pleasures of the King", which meant in practice that it was in charge of all the preparations for ceremonies, events and...

 and successfully produced engravings after several paintings by different artists. His oeuvre amounts to more than 500 works, including many large portraits after Vernet, and several works after van de Velde, Parrocel

Charles Parrocel

Charles Parrocel was a French painter and engraver and a specialist in battle and hunt paintings.Parrocel was born in Paris, and studied under his father, Joseph Parrocel, until his death. Parrocel then became a pupil along with Bon Boullogne of Charles de La Fosse...

, Berchem, Ruysdaël, Watteau

Antoine Watteau

Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement...

 Oudry

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Jean-Baptiste Oudry was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game.-Biography:...

 and Lancret

Nicolas Lancret

Nicolas Lancret , French painter, was born in Paris, and became a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the tastes and manners of French society under the regent Orleans....

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Selected works

• The works of mercy, large intaglio plate after David Teniers
  David Teniers
  David Teniers may refer to three Flemish artists, father, son, and grandson:*David Teniers the Elder , turned from large religious paintings to landscapes and genre scenes...
  
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• L’Enfant prodigue, pendant to The Works of Pity, after Teniers;
• A follow-up to Fêtes de village, in intaglio
  Intaglio
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• Le Sanglier féroce, large intaglio plate after Philips Wouwerman;
• La Chasse à l’italienne and le Pot au lait, two large intaglio plates after Wouvermans, as a pendant;
• Le Départ de la chasse; la Prise du héron, two intaglio plates as a pendant, after Carel Van Falens
  Carel Van Falens
  Carel van Falens or Valens was a Flemish painter, specialising in hunting and hawking scenes.-Life:He lived most of his life in France, where he was made a member of the Académie royale in 1726. Many of his compositions base their harmony, pictorial details, vivid and vibrant colours, and texture...
  
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• Le Rendez-vous de chasse; l’Heureux Chasseur, two plates after the former;
• L’Alliance de Bacchus et de Venus, medium plate after Noël Nicolas Coypel

Further reading

• Roger Portalis & Henri Béraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Vol. 2, pt. 2 (Helman to Marais) (Paris D. Morgand et C. Fatout, 1880) pp. 564-592.

External links

• L'Eau (Water) (artoftheprint.com)
• Ruine Grecque (Greek Ruins) (artoftheprint.com)
• Le Fluteur (The Flutist) (Library of Congress
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