François-Bernard Lépicié

François-Bernard Lépicié
Born	6 October 1698 Paris
Died	17 January 1755(1755-01-17) (aged 56) Paris
Education	Jean Mariette Gaspard Duchange
Known for	printmaking historiography
Spouse	Renée-Élisabeth Marlié

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.

Gallery

Selected prints by François-Bernard Lépicié

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  Madame Quinault-Dufresne, after Joseph Aved, 1726
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  Charlotte Desmares, after Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1733
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  Antoine de Laroque, after Antoine Watteau, c. 1734
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  Monument to Pierre Mignard, 1743
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  La Maîtresse d'École, after Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

Sources

• 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).

Further reading

• McClellan, Andrew; Michel, Christian (1996). "(François)-Bernard Lépicié". In Turner, Jane (ed.). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 19. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 216. ISBN 1-884446-00-0. OCLC 1033643331 – via the Internet Archive.

External links

• François-Bernard Lépicié on Joconde
• François-Bernard Lépicié on data.bnf.fr
• Monument à Mignard