Pierre Audouin (1768–1822) was a French engraver, and pupil of Beauvarlet. Audouin was born in Paris, where he lived and worked his whole life. He was married to Anne Laurent, the daughter of the engraver, Pierre Laurent, and he engraved altogether 18 large plates for Laurent's publication ''

Le Musée Français ''Le Musée français'' is a French publication of engravings issued in fascicles in Paris between 1803 and 1824. It had three successive titles, ''Le Musée français'', ''Le Musée Napoléon'' and ''Le Musée royal'', and consists of a total ...

'', after paintings by French, Italian and Dutch masters and classical sculpture. After 1804, he often signed his work as a member of the Academy of Arts of Vienna ("l'Académie des arts de Vienne"), and in 1810 he held the title "Engraver of the Emperor's mother" (''graveur de madame Mère'', i.e. Letizia Bonaparte). He was active as a portrait engraver until the end of his life.R. Portalis and H. Béraldi, ''Les Graveurs du dix-huitième siècle'', t. 1 (1880), pp. 41-43. The following are some of his works: *''Jupiter and Antiope''; after Correggio. *''La belle Jardiniere''; after Raphael, engraved from a drawing by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon for ''

Le Musée français ''Le Musée français'' is a French publication of engravings issued in fascicles in Paris between 1803 and 1824. It had three successive titles, ''Le Musée français'', ''Le Musée Napoléon'' and ''Le Musée royal'', and consists of a total ...

'', issued 1803. *''Double portrait called Raphael and his Fencingmaster (Raphael et son Maitre d’Armes)''; ascribed to Raphael, for ''

'', issued 1805. *''The Entombment of Christ''; after

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

, from a drawing by F. Giani, issued in ''

'', 1809. *''Charity''; after

Andrea del Sarto Andrea del Sarto (, , ; 16 July 1486 – 29 September 1530) was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism. He was known as an outstanding fresco decorator, painter of altar-pieces, ...

, from a drawing by

Pierre Bouillon Pierre Bouillon (1776–1831) was a French painter and engraver. Born at Thiviers, he studied with the Académie-trained history painter Nicolas-André Monsiau. He was awarded the grand prize of the Institut de France in July 1797 for his pai ...

, issued in '' Le Musée royal'', 1813. *''Melpomene, Erato, and Polyhymnia''; after Le Sueur, for ''

''. *Three subjects after

Terborch Gerard ter Borch (; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg (), was a Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu, Gerrit Dou, Eglon van der Neer and Jo ...

; two after Metzu, one after

Mieris Mieris is the name of a family of artists who practised painting at Leiden for three generations in the 17th and 18th centuries. * Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635–1681) * Jan van Mieris (1660–1690), son of Frans * Willem van Mieris (1662–1 ...

; and one after Netscher—for ''

'' and ''Le Musée royal.'' *''Marie Therese Charlotte, Duchess of Angouleme''; after Dermont. *''Madame Le Brun''; after

herself A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that refers to another noun or pronoun (its antecedent) within the same sentence. In the English language specifically, a reflexive pronoun will end in ''-self'' or ''-selves'', and refer to a previously n ...

. *''Louis XVIII in his coronation robes''; after Le Gros.

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* 1768 births 1822 deaths 18th-century engravers 19th-century engravers Engravers from Paris {{France-artist-stub