François Sabatier-Ungher

Marie Jean Baptiste François Sabatier (2 July 1818, Montpellier - 1 December 1891, near Lunel-Viel) was a French philanthropist, art critic and translator.

Not long after beginning his studies at a Jesuit college, he declared his intention to become a writer and poet; running away to Paris to pursue that goal.

During this trip, he met the Austrian opera singer, Caroline Ungher, who was famous for helping Beethoven acknowledge the applause at the premier of his Ninth Symphony.

The following year, while living in Ornans, Courbet would create his large canvas, The Painter's Studio which depicts the artist Apollonie Sabatier (no relation), next to a man who is usually identified as her lover, Alfred Mosselman, but may be François.

Among the works he translated from German are: Die Grabmäler der Römischen Päpste by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich von Schiller and Faust by Goethe.