Antoine-Louis Romanet (7 January 1742, Paris - 1 April 1807, Saint-Maurice) was a French engraver, designer, and miniaturist.

Biography

He was descended from a line of engravers, long established in Paris. One of his cousins was married to the famous engraver,

Jean-Georges Wille Johann Georg Wille, or Jean Georges Wille (5 November 1715, near Biebertal - 5 April 1808, Paris) was a German-born copper engraver, who spent most of his life in France. He also worked as an art dealer. Life and work He was the eldest of seven ...

, who gave him his first lessons.Roger Portalis and

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, ''Les Graveurs du dix-huitième siècle'', Paris, Morgand et Fatout, 1880, III, pp.408-412. In 1765, through Wille, he obtained an apprenticeship in Basel with Christian von Mechel, where he learned advanced techniques for using the burin. In 1767, he left Basel then, in 1770, married Françoise-Nicole née Mancel, the daughter of an innkeeper on the Rue Saint-Jacques, with Wille as witness. They had at least four children; two daughters and two sons. The police came to his home in 1776, arrested him, and took him to his studio, where they confiscated the copper plates and proofs of an engraving depicting a certain "Mme. de Saint-Vincent". She had filed a complaint in the context of an "affair of morals". The police report also cited his dealer, named "Isabey". In 1781, he went into business with the art dealer,

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun (1748 – 7 August 1813) was a French painter, art collector and art dealer. Simon Denis was his pupil. Life Born in Paris, he was the son of the painter Pierre Le Brun, who was himself a great-nephew of another pa ...

, who was himself a painter. At one point, he was forced to sue for payment. He was a regular exhibnitor at the " Salon de la Correspondance" (1779-1787), organized by the writer, . The Swiss miniaturist,

Marc-Louis Arlaud Marc-Louis Arlaud (26 September 1772, Orbe - 1 May 1845, Lausanne) was a Swiss portrait painter. He was the first Director of the Vaudoise Cantonal School of Design and the first Conservator of what is now known as the Cantonal Museum of Fine A ...

, became his student in 1797. Romanet also worked in that genre, but remained almost entirely known for his engravings.« Marc Louis Arlaud, miniaturiste, portaitiste et fondateur du Musée de Lausanne »
@ Notrehistoire During the latter part of his career, his workshop was located at the , which disappeared during the creation of the Boulevard Saint-Michel in the 1860s.

References

External links

* ''L'Histoire des Mœurs et du Costume des Français'', Paris, Prault, 177
Illustrations

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