Jean-Charles François

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The personification of self-discovery by Jean-Charles François, 1760

Jean-Charles François (1717, Nancy - 1769, Paris) was a French engraver.

He was among the first to introduce engravings representing crayon and chalk drawings, and was pensioned by Louis XV, who employed him extensively. His most noted works represent that king and his queen, Pierre Bayle, Erasmus, John Locke, and Nicolas Malebranche.

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