The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Desnoyers, Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher

DESNOYERS, Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher, baron, a French engraver, born in Paris, Dec. 20, 1779, died there, Feb. 15, 1857. At the age of 20 he received a prize of 2,000 francs for an engraving of Venus disarming Cupid, and in 1801 established his reputation by the reproduction of Raphael's &ldquo;Beautiful Gardener,&rdquo; in the gallery of the Luxembourg. His most admired productions are copies of Raphael's works, and prominent among them is an engraving of the &ldquo;Transfiguration.&rdquo; He was elected a member of the institute in 1816, appointed chief engraver to the king in 1825, created baron in 1828, and officer of the legion of honor in 1835.