LAGNIET, Jacques
(b. 1620, Paris, d. 1672, Paris)

Biography

French engraver, active in Paris. He produced numerous socially critical engravings and caricatures. His best known work is the collection of illustrious proverbs (published 1657). It is divided into three books: the first contains the moral proverbs, the second the joyful proverbs and wits, the third represents life of beggars in proverbs.