Christophe Guérin (; 1758–1831) was a French engraver and painter. He is notable for his engravings and his reproductions of paintings by Raphael and Correggio.
Life Born in Strasbourg to the engraver Jean Guérin, he learned drawing and engraving in his father's studio before studying at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. He returned to his birthplace in 1787 and engraved banknotes, as had his father. In 1803 he became head professor at the city's Galerie des peintures, a post he held until his death. He also took part in the foundation of a drawing school for the city and became its head.
Selected works by museum Cambridge (United States), Fogg Art Museum : The Archangel Leading the Young Tobias, after the top of the right panel from the Pavia Charterhouse Altarpiece by Perugino;The Archangel Leading the Young Tobias. Love Disarmed, after Corregio;Love Disarmed. Saint Benedict's Vision, after Eustache Le Sueur;St Benedict's Vision. Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia;Adrien de lezay-Marnésia. Artemisia II, after Hendrik van Limborch;Artemisia II. Rest in the countryside, after Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg.Rest in the countryside. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France : Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau, engraving by Lambertus Antonius Claessens after a drawing by Christophe Guérin;Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau. Claude Florimond Esmangard, counsellor of state;Claude Florimond Esmangard, counsellor of state. Jean Laurent Blessig.Jean Laurent Blessig. London, British Museum : Portrait of Nicolas Luckner, marshal of France;Portrait of Nicolas Luckner. Crossing the Stream, after Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg;Crossing the Stream. Mary Magdalen Contemplating A Crucifix, after Correggio;Mary Magdalen Contemplating A Crucifix. The Dance of the Muses, after Giulio Romano;The Dance of the Muses. Nicolas François de Neufchâteau;François de Neufchâteau. Christ Crowned With Thorns;Christ Crowned With Thorns. The SibylThe Sibyl. Jean-Baptiste Treilhard, minister plenipotentiary to the Council of Rasdtadt.Jean-Baptiste Treilhard.
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