The New International Encyclopædia/Forster, François

FORSTER, fôr'stâr', François (1790-1872). A French engraver, born at Locle, Switzerland. He studied in Paris under the engraver Langlois, and then entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1814. He engraved a number of historical subjects and portraits which have given him some reputation. Among these are: “Francis I. and Charles V. Visiting the Church of Saint Denis” (1833, after Gros); “The Madonna of the House of Orleans” (1838, after Raphael); and the portraits of Raphael, Humboldt, Wellington, and others.