1795 – 1875

French painter, pupil of Jean-Victor Bertin and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He won the prestigious Grand Prix de Paysage Historique in 1821 with L'Enlèvement de Proserpine par Pluton. In the academic hierarchy of late 18th-century art, landscape painting was considered inferior in comparison to history, portrait and genre painting.Show more

1 artwork in collection