Artist
Nicolas Larmessin
Nicolas Larmessin is an artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A Parisian printmaker active in the early to mid-1700s, Nicolas Larmessin specialized in finely detailed engravings of religious scenes and famous faces. His prints blend sharp lines with small, precise textures—look at the scales of the dragon in St. George and the Dragon or the folds in the Portrait of Raphael’s velvet sleeve. Larmessin’s work sits in the quiet, technical world of 18th-century printmaking, where every cross-hatch counted. Tap into St. John the Evangelist next to see another example of his craft.
Works by Nicolas Larmessin
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.