Edmé Quenedey des Ricets, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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painter and engraver
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Place of Birth: Les Riceys, Grand Est, France
About Edmé Quenedey des Ricets
- Edmé Quenedey des Ricets (sometimes Edmé Quenedey) (born Riceys-le-Haut, December 17, 1756 – died Paris, February 16, 1830) was a French painter and engraver, known most especially for his miniatures.
- One of a family of eight children, he was initially destined for the priesthood, but studied instead at Dijon; he began his career as a restorer of pictures.
- Upon the invention of the physionotrace he took up that tool for making portraits.
- With his wife, Marie-Madeleine Pella, he had two children, Adèle and Aglaë; the latter later became an assistant to his father.
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