French, 17th century, male.
Born c. 1620, in Abbeville; died 9 March 1674, in Paris.
Painter, engraver (burin).
The son of a master embroiderer, and father of Alexandre Lenfant, Jean Lenfant trained under his cousin Claude Mellan, whose style he imitated. He engraved about 200 prints, 93 of which were portraits executed in the manner of Charles Le Brun, J. Dieu, Pierre Mignard and Ponchel, among others. Most of his subjects were religious....
