Charles Benazech

Charles Benazech (1767/68 – 1794) was an English portrait and historical painter, and aquatint engraver.

[1] Prints of his painting of Louis XVI and family, just before the monarch's execution during the French Revolution, achieved a wide circulation.

In 1782, at the age of fifteen, he went to Rome, and on his return stayed for a time in Paris, where he studied under Greuze, and witnessed the outbreak of the French Revolution.

[1] He also painted The last Interview between Charles I and his Children engraved by Thomas Gaugain, as well as some subjects from the poets and several good portraits.

He likewise engraved a few plates in aquatint, including the Couronnement de la Rosiere, in which he attempted to imitate the style of Philibert-Louis Debucourt, and also some portraits after himself, as well as two of Henry IV, king of France, and Sully, after Pourbus, which are signed with the fictitious name of Frieselheim.