Jacob Christoph Le Blon
Painter and engraver
Jacob Christoph Le Blon, or Jakob Christoffel Le Blon, was a painter and engraver from Frankfurt who invented a halftone color printing system with three and four copper dies using an RYB color model, which served as the foundation for the modern... Wikipedia
Born: May 2, 1667, Frankfurt, Germany
Died: May 16, 1741 (age 74 years), Paris, France
On view: Rijksmuseum