NICHOLAS LARMESSIN Fruit Seller Engraving, inscriptions read ‘Habit de Fruitiere’, remainder of inscription in French, subject a fruit seller holding her wares, measures 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, gilt wooden frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, some stains to paper, not examined out of frame, Engraver, elder brother of Nicolas de Larmessin II (qv). His father was a libraire; he himself was apprenticed to Jean Mathieu in 1647. Married 1654 the daughter of the print publisher Pierre Bertrand of the Pomme d'Or in rue St Jacques. Took over his stock at his death c.1678. On his own death, the business seems to have been continued by his widow. Specialised in portraits, often in series - British Museum Nicholas de LARMESSIN, French art, engraving, artwork, art print, print, wall art, home decor. 11