greatest truth and skill. His masterpieces are the La Belle Jardinière of Raphael, and the Vierge aux rochers of Leonardo da Vinci. But, although marked by exceptional talent, his line engravings lack the freedom and breadth that distinguish those he executed in the dotted style. The landscape backgrounds of his plates were for the most part engraved by Friedrich Giessler of Nuremberg. Works Among Desnoyers's works the first place must be assigned to his engravings after the Madonnas of Raphael. These are as follow: La Belle Jardinière. 1804. La Vierge au Donataire. 1814. La Vierge au Linge. 1814. La Madonna della Sedia. 1814. La Madonna del Pesce. 1822. (pictured) La Madonna della Oasa d'Alba. 1837. La Vierge au Berceau. 1831 . La Belle Jardinière de Florence. 1841. La Madonna di San Sisto. 1846. (pictured) Desnoyers's other works include: The Visitation; after Raphael. 1824. St. Catharine of Alexandria; after the same. 1824. The Transfiguration; after the same. 1840. La Vierge aux rochers; after Leonardo da Vinci. 1812. The Holy Family; after the same. The Magdalen; after Correggio. Eliezer and Rebekah; after Poussin. 1819. Moses rescued from the Waters'; after the same. (The landscape engraved by Filhol and Niquet.)Venus disarming Cupid; after Robert Lefèvre; in dotted manner. 1799.The Muses and the Pierides: after Perino del Vaga. 1831.Cupid and Psyche and 'Cupid bending his bow'; after drawings by Ingres from antique sculpture; in the 'Musée Français.' 1808.Ptolemy II. Philadelphus and Arsinoe; after a drawing by Ingres from an antique cameo.Belisarius; after Gérard. 1806.Francis I and his sister, Margaret of Navarre; after Richard. 1817.Hope supporting Man to the Tomb; after Caraffa. 1801.Les Pénibles Adieux; after Hilaire Ledru; in dotted manner. 1802.Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul; after Robert Lefèvre. 1802.Napoleon I, Emperor of the French; full-length; after Gérard. 1808.Marie Louise, Empress of the French. 1810.Napoleon, King of Rome; after Gérard.Baron Alexander von Humboldt; an etching; after a sketch by Gérard. 1806.Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America; in dotted manner. 1801.Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince of Benevento''; full-length; after Gérard. 1814. Gallery References External links 1779 births 1857 deaths 18th-century engravers 19th-century engravers Engravers from Paris Barons of France Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Officiers of the Légion d'honneur