Edme QUENEDEY des Riceys, born December 17, 1756, in Ricey-Haut and died February 16, 1830, in Paris, is a French painter and engraver. Born to Etienne QUENEDEY, a winegrower and cooper, and Françoise PISSIER, eldest of a family of eight children, Edme QUENEDEY was destined for the priesthood. However he will follow the drawing lessons of Dijon founded by François DEVOSGE, then earns his living as a tutor and restorer of paintings. In 1785 he moved to Paris as a miniature portrait painter. Having learned of CHRETIEN's invention of the physiognotrace, he met him in Versailles and joined him in April 1788 at 45 rue des Bons-Enfants. He reduced and completed the drawings he sent to CHRETIEN who engraved the portraits. On August 18, 1789, a rupture occurs between QUENEDEY and CHRETIEN who will practice each on their side. He married Marie-Madeleine PELLA, with whom he had two daughters, Fanchette Henriette Aglaë and Adèle Marie Joséphine. In 1796, he moved with his family to Brussels and Antwerp, before leaving France for the Holy Empire and emigrating to Hamburg. Returning to Paris in 1801, he reopened his activity at 15, rue des Petits-Champs until his death in 1830. QUENEDEY had taught miniature and engraving to his daughters and they both helped him to paint his portraits. His daughter Aglaë will be his assistant first, before succeeding him.