François-Bernard Lépicié
François-Bernard Lépicié (6 October 1698 – 17 January 1755) was an 18th-century French engraver, historiographer and biographer. Lépicié married Renée-Élisabeth Marlié, who became an engraver under the training of her husband and with whom he had a son, the painter Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. He died from a stroke.
Also recorded as Bernard François L'Epicier · François Bernard Lépicié · François Bernard Lepicier · Bernard Francois Lepicie
François-Bernard Lépicié
- Born
- 6 October 1698
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 17 January 1755
- Field
- * printmaking
- Education
- * Jean Mariette
- Spouse
- Renée-Élisabeth Marlié
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- engraver, historian, biographer, painter and sculptor.
- Teachers
- Pierre-Jean Mariette and Gaspard Duchange.
- Languages
- French.
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François-Bernard Lépicié (6 October 1698 – 17 January 1755) was an 18th-century French engraver, historiographer and biographer. Lépicié married Renée-Élisabeth Marlié, who became an engraver under the training of her husband and with whom he had a son, the painter Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. He died from a stroke.
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Training under Pierre-Jean Mariette and Gaspard Duchange is recorded. Nicolas-Antoine Taunay is recorded as having studied under François-Bernard Lépicié. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are London and Paris. Work by François-Bernard Lépicié is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Art Institute of Chicago, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum and National Gallery of Canada.
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• Born — 6 October 1698 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 17 January 1755 • Place of death — Paris • Field — * printmaking • historiography • Education — * Jean Mariette • Gaspard Duchange • Spouse — Renée-Élisabeth Marlié
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1698
François-Bernard Lépicié was born in 1698 at Paris.
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François-Bernard Lépicié died in 1755 at Paris.
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- Philippe Le Bas Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la France, vol.10, Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1843, (p. 180).
- Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne ou histoire, vol.24, Paris, Mme Desplaces, 1854, (p. 250).
- McClellan, Andrew. (François)-Bernard Lépicié. The Dictionary of Art. Grove's Dictionaries. 19. 216. 1996. 1-884446-00-0.
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