Théodore Richomme
Illustration — Christ with the apostle Paul, after Pierre Bouillon and Raphael. Théodore Richomme (28 May 1785, Paris - 22 September 1849, Paris) was a French engraver. A street in the 18th arrondissement of Paris is named after him.
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Théodore Richomme
After Pierre Bouillon / After Raphael · https: Gallery: https: Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-28) · CC BY 4.0
- Full name
- Joseph Théodore Richomme.
- Born
- Théodore Richomme was born on 28 May 1785. · Paris.
- Died
- Théodore Richomme died on 22 September 1849. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- printmaker and painter.
- Teachers
- Jacques Joseph Coiny.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Christ with the apostle Paul, after Pierre Bouillon and Raphael. Théodore Richomme (28 May 1785, Paris - 22 September 1849, Paris) was a French engraver. A street in the 18th arrondissement of Paris is named after him.
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Training under Jacques Joseph Coiny is recorded. Jean-Marie Saint-Ève and Friedrich Eduard Eichens are recorded as having studied under Théodore Richomme. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Italy. Work by Théodore Richomme is recorded in the collections of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes and National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
A student of Jacques Joseph Coiny, Théodore Richomme won the prix de Rome in 1806. While in Rome he focused on studying works by Raphael and Giulio Romano and reproduced them. He also made engravings of works by his own contemporaries, such as François Gérard, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin and Ingres. He was made a knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1824 and elected a member of the Académie des beaux-arts in 1826. His son Jules Richomme (1818–1903) was a painter and an engraver. His pupils included Pierre François Eugène Giraud, Charles-Victor Normand and Victor Florence Pollet.
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His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Jules Richomme.
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Théodore Richomme is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
A serpent/woman coils around the tree of life which stands between Adam and Eve. Engraving by J.T. Richomme, 1814, after Raphaël. Iconographic Collections
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1785
Théodore Richomme born at Paris.
1849
Théodore Richomme died at Paris.
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Théodore Richomme was born in Paris.
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Théodore Richomme died in Paris.
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He trained under Jacques Joseph Coiny. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Théodore Richomme received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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