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Francois-Anne David

François Anne David (1741-1824), was a French line-engraver.

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David was born in Paris in 1741, where he lived and worked all his life. He was a pupil of Le Bas, and engraved several portraits and other subjects in a neat, finished style. He died in Paris in 1824.

Portraits

  • Louis Stanislas Xavier, Monsieur, afterwards Louis XVIII; after Drouais.
  • Louis XVIII; full-length, in his robes; after himself.
  • Denis Diderot; after L. M. van Loo.
  • César Gabriel de Choiseul, Duc de Praslin; after Roslin.
  • Catharine II, Empress of Russia; after Mlle. Durameau.
  • Gaspard Netscher, painter, his Wife and Son; after Netscher.
  • Charles I of England with his Family; after Van Dyck.

    • Subjects after various masters

  • Adam and Eve in Paradise; after Santerre.
  • Christ crowned with thorns; after Titian.
  • St. Cecilia; after Raphael.
  • The Dutch Sportsman; after G. Metsu.
  • The Green-Market at Amsterdam; after the same.
  • The Quack Doctor; after Karel Du Jardin.
  • The Bull; after Paul Potter.
  • Two Views of the Gulf of Venice; after Joseph Vernet.
  • Two Views near Dunkirk; after the same.

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