Etienne Achille Réveil

Born in Paris on December 22, 1800, Étienne Achille Réveil was a French engraver and designer. French reference sources identify him as a specialist in reproductive engraving, and note that he studied under major painters including Gros, Girodet, and Abel de Pujol before exhibiting at the Paris Salon in the 1820s.

Réveil is best remembered for publishing and illustrating ambitious art books that reproduced well-known paintings and sculptures for readers and collectors. His name is closely linked with multi-volume works such as Musée de peinture et de sculpture and other collections devoted to masterpieces from galleries in France and across Europe, showing his role in making art history more accessible through print.

Available sources agree that he died in 1851. A clear portrait could not be confidently confirmed from the sources reviewed, so the image here is left unverified as a likeness.