Alphonse François

Alphonse François was a French engraver.

Biography

Alphonse François and his elder brother Charles-Rémy-Jules François learned engraving at the school of Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. He did a large number of engravings, from works by contemporary French painters and by old Italian masters.
François was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1857 and a member of the Institut de France in 1873.

Works

Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes,Marie-Antoinette au Tribunal révolutionnaire andLe jeune Pic de la Mirandole apprenant à lire avec sa mère, after Paul Delaroche;La vision d'Ézéchiel, after Raphael;La tentation du Christ,Mignon et son père andMignon dans l'église, after Ary Scheffer;L'épouse du roi Candaule, after Jean-Léon Gérôme;Le couronnement de la Vierge Marie, an engraving which won him a medal in 1867.