François-Anne David

François Anne David (1741-1824), was a French line-engraver.

David was born in Paris in 1741, where he lived and worked all his life. He was a pupil of Le Bas, and engraved several portraits and other subjects in a neat, finished style. He died in Paris in 1824.

Portraits

 * Louis Stanislas Xavier, Monsieur, afterwards Louis XVIII; after Drouais.
 * Louis XVIII; full-length, in his robes; after himself.
 * Denis Diderot; after L. M. van Loo.
 * César Gabriel de Choiseul, Duc de Praslin; after Roslin.
 * Catharine II, Empress of Russia; after Mlle. Durameau.
 * Gaspard Netscher, painter, his Wife and Son; after Netscher.
 * Charles I of England with his Family; after Van Dyck.

Subjects after various masters

 * Adam and Eve in Paradise; after Santerre.
 * Christ crowned with thorns; after Titian.
 * St. Cecilia; after Raphael.
 * The Dutch Sportsman; after G. Metsu.
 * The Green-Market at Amsterdam; after the same.
 * The Quack Doctor; after Karel Du Jardin.
 * The Bull; after Paul Potter.
 * Two Views of the Gulf of Venice; after Joseph Vernet.
 * Two Views near Dunkirk; after the same.