1782 – 1859

French painter. Scion of an ancient patrician family of Angers, he was the son and grandson of high army officers who had earned a reputation for their publications in the military sciences but also cultivated the arts. His father, a gifted amateur, exhibited two paintings and several drawings of Roman views at the Paris Salon of 1787, anticipating what would become his son's artistic speciality.Show more

7 artworks in collection