Antoine Radigues

Antoine-Christophe Radigues (Russian: Антон Яковлевич Радиг, romanized: Anton Yakovlevich Radig; 7 November 1721, Reims - 20 July 1809, Saint Petersburg) was a French engraver and medallist who spent much of his career in Russia.

His father, Jacques Radigues, was also an engraver, and probably gave Antoine his first lessons before he pursued formal studies in Paris.

He was invited to Russia in 1764, to teach at the Russian Academy of Sciences; replacing Georg Friedrich Schmidt, who had resigned following the death of his patroness, Empress Elizabeth.

His first major assignment involved creating thirty images for a burial album of the Empress; a project that occupied him for three years and almost cost him his sight.

He was named an Academician in 1794, for his engraving of Ivan Betskoy, after an oil portrait by Alexander Roslin.