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Leon Cogniet
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| French Academic Painter, 1794-1880,was a French painter. Cogniet was born in Paris. In 1812, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under Pierre-Narcisse Guerin at the same time as Delacroix and Gericault. He was a resident at the Villa Medici, in Rome, from 1817 to 1822. A romantic painter, his main subjects were history and portraits, and in 1817 he won the Prix de Rome. He died in Paris in 1880. | ||||
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Jean-Francois Champollion new25/Leon Cogniet-476355.jpg Painting ID:: 92391 Visit European Gallery |
oil on canvas, 60 X 73.5 cm .1831 cjr | ||
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