François Perrier

François Perrier
Augustin Quesnel, Public domain

(1594–1649) French painter and engraver

François Perrier (France, 1594–1649) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a designer. By year of birth, François Perrier belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

François Perrier was born in Pontarlier and died in Paris. The teachers included Horace le Blanc and Giovanni Lanfranco. François Perrier became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The students included Charles Le Brun and Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy.

The catalogue has 25 works by François Perrier with free images. The dated works span the years 1625–1708. Works by François Perrier are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Département des peintures du Louvre, Kapitolinska museerna, and Musea Brugge.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jacques Sarazin, François de Nomé, Louis Le Nain, Georges de La Tour, and Wouter, II Crabeth.