François Bonnemer
François Bonnemer was a French painter and engraver who was born in Falaise in 1637. He worked with Monier, the younger Corneille, and the younger Vouet on the ceiling of the gallery of the King's Audience Chamber at the Tuileries, and was commissioned by the king to copy some works of Carracci in the Farnese Gallery at Rome. He engraved several plates after Le Brun, and was the master of Ménageot.
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- Name
- François Bonnemer
- Birth Name
- Michèle Gabrielle Alice Gérard
- Born
- October 1638
- Birthplace
- Falaise, Calvados, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Known for
- painter and engraver
- Died
- 1689. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter and printmaker.
- Honours
- first Prix de Rome for painting.
- Languages
- French.
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François Bonnemer was a French painter and engraver who was born in Falaise in 1637. He worked with Monier, the younger Corneille, and the younger Vouet on the ceiling of the gallery of the King's Audience Chamber at the Tuileries, and was commissioned by the king to copy some works of Carracci in the Farnese Gallery at Rome. He engraved several plates after Le Brun, and was the master of Ménageot.
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François Bonnemer (1638–1689) was a French painter and printmaker. Born in Falaise, the painter died in Paris. François Bonnemer was a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
Languages used include French. The painter received first Prix de Rome for painting.
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He died in Paris in 1689.
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• Name — François Bonnemer • Birth Name — Michèle Gabrielle Alice Gérard • Born — October 1638 • Birthplace — Falaise, Calvados, France • Place of death — Paris, France • Known for — painter and engraver • Illustration — Tapestry, cartoon by Bonnemer after Jules Roman (model) and Francesco Penni: Tenture de Scipion: La Bataille de Zama (1688-1690). Now at the Louvre.
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François Bonnemer is recorded as painter and printmaker.
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1638
François Bonnemer born at Falaise.
1689
François Bonnemer died at Paris.
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François Bonnemer received first Prix de Rome for painting.
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Bonnemer, François, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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