
Frontispiece, from "Interviews with the Late Mr. Balzac" (Les Entretiens de Feu Monsieur de Balzac)
1660 · Etching
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 5/8 × 2 13/16 in. (11.7 × 7.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pierre Daret de Cazeneuve, a French portrait painter and engraver, was born in Paris in 1604. After receiving some instruction in engraving, he went to Rome to improve his skill, and spent a considerable time there. He was received into the Academy of Painting in 1663.
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