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François-Anne David

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

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

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Subjects after various masters

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  • 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.

References

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "David, François Anne". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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