Personalities Picart, Etienne (Stephanus) (Romanus)

Engraver. Student of François de Poilly. From 1655 to 1661 he lived in Rome. From 1664 he was a member of the Royal Academy of painting and sculpture in Paris. In 1711 he moved to Amsterdam. His son, Bernard Picart, was a famous engraver (1673–1733).