Jean Bassange was a French painter active in Paris in the 17th century and in the Académie de Saint-Luc

Académie de Saint-Luc

The Académie de Saint-Luc was a painters' guild set up in Paris in 1391 by the Provost of Paris, along the lines of the Guilds of Saint Luke in the rest of Europe...

. He was only known as a name until he was cited for the first time by Jules Guiffey in 1915. Musée Vivenel holds his only surviving work, an Adoration of the Shepherds, rediscovered by that museum's curator Éric Blanchegorge - this painting inspired a work by Simon Vouet

Simon Vouet

Simon Vouet was a French painter and draftsman, who today is perhaps best remembered for helping to introduce the Italian Baroque style of painting to France.-Life:...

, later engraved by François Perrier

François Perrier

Francois Perrier was a French soldier and geodesist.Perrier was born at Valleraugue , , descended from a family of Protestants, of Cevennes. After finishing his studies at the Lyceum of Nimes and at St...

. Guillaume Kazerouni also writes of documents from 1628 to 1654 mentioning the painter.