Henri-François Riesener, son of Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806),
French cabinetmaker of German birth, was born in 1767 in Paris. He was
a student of Jacques-Louis David. The painter
participated in Salons from 1793-1827, worked in Paris, Warsaw, St. Petersburg
and Moscow (1816-1823). He specialized in portraits and was also known
as a miniaturist. Henri-François Riesener was the father of the
painter Léon Riesener (1808–78) and uncle of Eugène
Delacroix.