François’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Fourth Hour of the Night, from Raphael's Hours
François Jacques Dequevauviller (French, 1783-1848) after Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) published by Damour (French, active 1784-1806)

The Drawing Room
François Dequevauviller (French, 1745-1807) after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737-1807)

The Concert
François Dequevauviller (French, 1745-1807) after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737-1807)

L'Ecole de danse (Dancing School)
François Dequevauviller (French, 1745-1807) after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737-1807)

The Assembly in the Drawing Room
François Dequevauviller (French, 1745-1807) after Nicolas Lavreince (Swedish, 1737-1807)

Geese in a Farmyard
Jean François Millet French, 1814-1875

Globes
Jacques Gaston Duchamp Villon French, 1875-1963

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

Madame François Buron
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Boy with a Carrot
François Boucher French, 1703-1770

Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz
Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884–1920

Portrait of Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany (1797–1888)
Woven by Carquillat (French, 1803–1884) France, Lyon

Portrait of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen
Pierre Drevet (French, 1663-1738) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Peasants Going to Work
Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907)

Study of a Triton
François Boucher French, 1703-1770

Landscape with a Rainbow
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

Magdalene in the Wilderness with Two Putti
François Perrier (French, 1590-1650) after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642)

Untitled
François Arnal (American, born France 1924) printed by Garo Antreasian (American, born 1922) published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1960)

Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter
François Rude (French, 1784–1855)