This extraordinary vogue was due partly to the charm of his manner and conversation, for his salon was as much frequented as his studio; Madame de Staël, George Canning, Talleyrand, the Duke of Wellington, have all borne witness to the attraction of his society.
François Mitterrand | Gérard Depardieu | François Truffaut | Claude François | François Villon | François Rabelais | Gerard Butler | Gerard Manley Hopkins | François Hollande | Jean-François Lyotard | Jean-François Millet | François-René de Chateaubriand | François Boucher | François Fénelon | Gerard K. O'Neill | François Tombalbaye | François de La Rochefoucauld (writer) | Charles François Dumouriez | Gérard Philipe | Gerard Malanga | Gérard Caussé | François Mauriac | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse | Jean-François Champollion | Jean-Claude Gérard | Gérard Souzay | Gérard de Nerval | François Viète | François Ozon | François Bozizé |
He was a pupil of Girodet-Trioson and of Gérard, after the latter of whom he engraved a portrait of Albertine de Stael, Duchesse de Broglie.