A Life in Light and Line The life of Étienne Villequin remains largely a quiet one, tucked away in the historical records of seventeenth-century France. Born in Ferrières-en-Brie, he moved through a world where the boundaries between painting and engraving were often blurred. While the specific details of his early years are lost to time, his professional ascent was marked by a steady recognition of his skill. He was a man of the brus…