Achille-Louis Martinet

Then, from 1831 to 1835, he lived at the Villa Medici while studying at the Académie de France à Rome which, at that time, was directed by Ingres.

He was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1857, where he took Seat #4 for engraving, succeeding Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, who had held that position for forty-one years.

In 1846, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor, and was elevated to Officer in 1867.

[2] The Rue Achille-Martinet [fr] in the 18th arrondissement of Paris is named after him.

His engravings include representations of paintings by old masters such as Raphaël, Rembrandt, and Murillo, as well as contemporaries, such as Ary Scheffer, Robert-Fleury, and Ingres.