Antoine Masson

Antoine Masson, engraved by Masson after a painting by Pierre Mignard.

Antoine Masson (1636 – 30 May 1700, in Paris) was a French painter, but above all a line engraver, born at Loury, near Orléans.

He learned engraving as an armorer's apprentice and had no other teaching.

He engraved 68 plates, mostly portraits, of which the most celebrated are those of Henri de Lorraine, count of Harcourt, known as the "Cadet à la Perle," His most famous subject is "The Pilgrims of Emmaus," after Titian, known as "The Tablecloth", because of the extreme care with which Masson has rendered the texture of linen. Antoine Masson died in Paris.