François Denis Née (1732 – 19 August 1817) was a French engraver. He was born and died in Paris. He trained under

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, or Lebas (8 July 1707, Paris – 14 April 1783, Paris) was a French engraver, head of the largest engraving workshop in Paris during the 18th century. Life and work His father was a wig-maker, and his family was very poo ...

and opened a shop with Louis-Joseph Masquelier the Elder in the 1770s on rue des Francs-Bourgeois, moving to rue de Fleurus after the French Revolution, where they produced lithographs. He is most notable for his engravings of the works of

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (1716–1803) was a French artist born in Dijon, France. He was mainly a painter and draftsman of landscapes and genre works. He sometimes signed himself Lallemant or Allemanus.Tajan auction, 26 June 2008, n° 67. After a ...

as well as his participation in ''Les Conquêtes de l'Empereur de Chine'', a major work commissioned by the Jesuits

Jean-Denis Attiret Jean Denis Attiret (, 31 July 1702 – 8 December 1768) was a French Jesuit painter and missionary to Qing China. Early life Attiret was born in Dole, France. He studied art in Rome and made himself a name as a portrait painter. While ...

, Giuseppe Castiglione, Ignaz Sichelbart and Jean Damascene. This was a series of 12 complementary engravings coordinated by

Charles-Nicolas Cochin Charles-Nicolas Cochin (22 February 1715 – 29 April 1790) was a French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic. To distinguish him from his father of the same name, he is variously called Charles-Nicolas Cochin le Jeune (the Younger), Char ...

, with copperplates engraved in Paris between 1772 and 1774 at the expense of the

Qianlong The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He reigned ...

sovereign. He also worked for the views of the Temple of Diana in Nismes, under the French engraver Claude-René-Gabriel Poulleau. Together with other artists they marked the fame of

Charles-Louis Clérisseau Charles-Louis Clérisseau (28 August 1721 – 9 January 1820) was a French architect, draughtsman, antiquary, and artist who became a leading authority on ancient Roman architecture and Roman ruins in Italy and France. With his influence extending ...

and his Antiquités de la France. His pupils included Joseph C. Maillet (1751–1811), a publisher and printseller.

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