Franz Gabriel Fiesinger or Flesinger (12 March 1723 – 21 February 1807) was a German engraver.
He was born in
Offenburg and raised by
Jesuit
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s until the order was dissolved in 1773. He spent the rest of his youth in Germany under the painter Franz S. Stöber, before moving to Switzerland and then France, where he engraved portraits of members of the
National Convention. When the
Reign of Terror
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broke out he moved to
London, remaining there until 1798 and the birth of the
French Consulate. He returned to France, where he reproduced in medallion format the portraits by
of
Kléber,
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,
Masséna,
Régnier and other Republican generals. He also produced illustrations for the
physiognomy of
Lavater and engraved several
assignats for the mint. He moved back to London in 1802, dying there five years later.
Galerie
Image:Pierre-Louis Roederer.jpg, Fiesinger's engraving of Pierre-Louis Roederer after Jean Urbain Guérin
Jean may refer to:
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* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
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Image:Portrait_desaix_guerin2.jpg, Fiesinger's engraving of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix after Jean Urbain Guérin
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* J ...
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18th-century engravers
19th-century engravers
German engravers
1723 births
1807 deaths
Currency designers
Musicians from Baden-Württemberg
People from Offenburg