François-Bernard Lépicié

François-Bernard Lépicié (6 October 1698 – 17 January 1755) was an 18th-century French engraver, historiographer and biographer.

François-Bernard Lépicié
Born6 October 1698
Paris
Died17 January 1755(1755-01-17) (aged 56)
Paris
Education
Known for
  • printmaking
  • historiography
SpouseRenée-Élisabeth Marlié

Lépicié married Renée-Élisabeth Marlié, who became an engraver under the training of her husband and with whom he had a son, the painter Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. He died from a stroke.

Selected prints by François-Bernard Lépicié

Sources
  • Philippe Le Bas Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la France, vol.10, Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1843, (p. 180).
  • Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne ou histoire, vol.24, Paris, Mme Desplaces, 1854, (p. 250).

Further reading
  • McClellan, Andrew; Michel, Christian (1996). "(François)-Bernard Lépicié". In Turner, Jane (ed.). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 19. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 216. ISBN 1-884446-00-0. OCLC 1033643331 – via the Internet Archive.
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