Jean-Charles François

The personification of self-discovery by Jean-Charles François, 1760

Jean-Charles François (4 May 1717 – 22 March 1769) was a French engraver.

François was born at Nancy. He was among the pioneers of the so-called "crayon manner" of printmaking, which simulated the appearance of crayon and chalk drawings.^[1] He was pensioned by King Louis XV of France, who employed him extensively. His most noted works represent that king and his queen, Pierre Bayle, Erasmus, John Locke, and Nicolas Malebranche.

He died in Paris, aged 51.

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• Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "François, Jean Charles" . The American Cyclopædia.
• Jacques Hérold, Gravure en manière de crayon, Jean-Charles Francois (1717-1769): catalogue de l’œuvre gravé (Paris: M. Rousseau, 1931).

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