LE SUEUR, EUSTACHE. - Painter, born in Paris on 18 Nov. 1617 (or 1616), died there on 30 Apr. 1655, son of the wood sculptor Chathelin L., of Picard origin. He studied painting in Paris with Simon Vouet, as a fellow student of Le Brun and Mignard, who subsequently made the traditional educational journey to Italy.
When Vouet in 1637 received the commission to prepare the cartoons for the Sogno di Polifilo for the Gobelins manufactory, he entrusted it to his pupil, thus introducing him publicly. He also provided illustrations for books, decorated the Hôtel Lambert de Thorigny with mythological scenes, partly preserved in the Louvre, as are the paintings he executed for Luigi XIV and Anna d'Austria. In 1645 he was also commissioned to execute for the Charterhouse of Paris 22 large canvases with episodes from the life of s. Bruno; for the Gobelins he copied the so-called Bibbia di Raffaello and was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Painting.