François Antoine Romany

Romany was born the son of a Lyon merchant (maître fabricant) and was a friend of the Swedish painter Wertmüller. In 1790 he married the paintress Marie Jeanne, called Adèle de Romance, but the couple divorced a few years later. In 1776 he married Marie Elisabeth de Royé, née Valfray. Being afraid of criticism, Romany never exhibited at the Salon in Paris.