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

Napoleon Presents the Civil Code to Empress Joséphine, 1807, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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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  •   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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