Sébastien Barras (1653–1703) was a French painter and engraver. Life 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. He died at Aix in 1703. References Sources 1653 births 1703 deaths Artists from Aix-en-Provence 17th-century French engravers 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 18th-century French male artists