François Bonnemer was a French painter and engraver

Engraving

Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...

 who was born at Falaise

Falaise, Calvados

Falaise is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-History:The town was the birthplace of William I the Conqueror, first of the Norman Kings of England. The Château de Falaise , which overlooks the town from a high crag, was formerly the seat of...

 in 1637. He worked with Monier

Pierre Monier

Pierre Monier was a French painter, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1663.- Writings :# Histoire des arts qui ont rapport au dessin...

, the younger Corneille

Michel Corneille the Younger

Michel Corneille the Younger was a French painter, etcher and engraver, b. in Paris in 1642; d. at the Gobelins manufactory at Paris, 16 August 1708.-Life:...

, and the younger Vouet on the ceiling of the gallery of the King's Audience Chamber at the Tuileries

Tuileries Palace

The Tuileries Palace was a royal palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the River Seine until 1871, when it was destroyed in the upheaval during the suppression of the Paris Commune...

, and was commissioned by the king to copy some works of Carracci

Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early career:Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna, and in all likelihood first apprenticed within his family...

 in the Farnese Gallery at Rome. He engraved several plates after Le Brun

Charles Le Brun

Charles Le Brun , a French painter and art theorist, became the all-powerful, peerless master of 17th-century French art.-Biography:-Early life and training:...

, and was the master of Ménageot. He died in Paris in 1689.