Charles Monginot was born in Brienne-le-Château in the Aube department in France. His father was a baker.
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Monginot became a famous engraver, printmaker and painter, living in Paris. He was a friend of the painter Edouard Manet.
![Pierrot Galant [The romantic peasant]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeArtistiqueIV/wm/big/065-troubadour-romance-q75-124x200.jpg "Pierrot Galant [The romantic peasant], from Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le, by Rouam, J. (ed.)")