Christophe Guérin
Christophe Guérin (; 1758–1831) was a French engraver and painter. He is notable for his engravings and his reproductions of paintings by Raphael and Correggio. Life Born in Strasbourg to the engraver Jean Guérin, he learned drawing and engraving in his father's studio before studying at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. He returned to his birthplace in 1787 and engraved banknotes, as had his father. In 1803 he became head professor at the city's Galerie des peintures, a post he held until his death. He also took part in the foundation of a drawing school for the city and became its head. Selected works by museum * Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge (United States), Fogg Art Museum : ** ''The Archangel Leading the Young Tobias'', after the top of the right panel from the Pavia Charterhouse Altarpiece by Perugino; ** ''Love Disarmed'', after Corregio; ** ''Saint Benedict's Vision'', after Eustache Le Sueur; ** ''Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia''; ** ''Artemi ...
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