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'''Sébastien Barras''', a painter and [[engraving|engraver]], was born at [[Aix-en-Provence|Aix, in Provence]], in 1653. He was a pupil of [[Jean-Baptiste Boyer d’Éguilles|Boyer d'Aguilles]], and studied for some time in Rome. He died at Aix in 1703. The first edition of the Boyer d'Aguilles Collection, published in 1709, contained twenty-seven plates in
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[[mezzotint]], scraped by this master; they were replaced in the second edition by plates engraved by [[Jacques Coelemans|Coelemans]]. The former have become very scarce. He also engraved a portrait of Lazarus Maharkysus, a physician of [[Antwerp]], after [[Anthony Van Dyck|Van Dyck]].
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'''Sébastien Barras''' (1653–1703) was a French painter and [[engraving|engraver]].

==Life==
Barras was born at [[Aix-en-Provence]], in 1653. He was a pupil of [[Jean-Baptiste Boyer d’Éguilles|Boyer d'Aguilles]], and studied for some time in Rome. The first edition of the Boyer d'Aguilles Collection, published in 1709, contained 27 [[mezzotint]]s by Barras, which were replaced by plates engraved by [[Jacobus Coelemans]] in the second edition. He also engraved a portrait of Lazarus Maharkysus, a physician of [[Antwerp]], after [[Anthony van Dyck]].{{sfn|Bryan|1886}}

He died at Aix in 1703.{{sfn|Bryan|1886}}


==References==
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==Sources==
* {{Bryan (3rd edition)|title=Barras, Sébastien |volume=1 }}

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Sébastien Barras
Born1653
Died1703 (aged 49–50)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Painter and engraver

Sébastien Barras (1653–1703) was a French painter and engraver.

Life

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Barras was born at Aix-en-Provence, in 1653. He was a pupil of Boyer d'Aguilles, and studied for some time in Rome. The first edition of the Boyer d'Aguilles Collection, published in 1709, contained 27 mezzotints by Barras, which were replaced by plates engraved by Jacobus Coelemans in the second edition. He also engraved a portrait of Lazarus Maharkysus, a physician of Antwerp, after Anthony van Dyck.[1]

He died at Aix in 1703.[1]

References

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Sources

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Barras, Sébastien". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.