Nicolas Lesueur

French · 1690–1764 · Printmaker, Draughtsman

French draughtsman and printmaker. Nephew of Vincent. Chiaroscuro woodcuts, with blocks printed over woodcut or etched base. Worked for Recueil Crozat

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French draughtsman and printmaker. Nephew of Vincent. Chiaroscuro woodcuts, with blocks printed over woodcut or etched base. Worked for Recueil Crozat

Born 1690, ParisDied 1764, ParisOccupation Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q51105836 ↗ULAN 500026264 ↗Museum works 5

Also known as Nicholas Leseur, Nicolas La Sueur, Nicolas Le Sueur

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Nicolas Lesueur, Diana and Endymion — **Diana and Endymion**1729
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Nicolas Le Sueur after Sebastiano Conca, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Nicolas Lesueur, Assumption of Mary after Giuseppe Passari — **Assumption of Mary after Giuseppe Passari**1729
Musea Brugge ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musea Brugge

Nicolas Lesueur, Apollo and Phaethon in chariot drawn by four horses — **Apollo and Phaethon in chariot drawn by four horses**1740
Musea Brugge ↗
CC0 · After Paolo Farinati / Nicolas Lesueur, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Musea B…

Nicolas Lesueur, The Rape of Europa — **The Rape of Europa**1725–42 · chiaroscuro woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection — Open Acc…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Works in museum collections

Related artists — French, born 1665–1715