Massot Firmin
1766 Firmin Massot, Geneva Swiss painter, draftsman, and teacher, who died on 16 May 1849. His first teacher was his sister, the portrait painter and engraver Pernette Massot [1761–1828]. In 1788 Massot visited Rome with the painter Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours as a guide. On his return Massot was commissioned to produce several charcoal drawings, including two miniature portraits in ...