Adrien Guignet
Illustration — Jean-Adrien Guignet. Musée Rolin Jean-Adrien Guignet (1816 – 1854) was a French orientalist painter. Guignet was born in Annecy and grew up in the city of Autun.
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Adrien Guignet
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- Born
- 1816 · Annecy.
- Died
- 1854 · former 12th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Jean-Adrien Guignet. Musée Rolin Jean-Adrien Guignet (1816 – 1854) was a French orientalist painter. Guignet was born in Annecy and grew up in the city of Autun.
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He was a friend of Hippolyte Michaud. He was a rather popular orientalist painter in his time, and was especially commanded for his Egyptian scenes. He died in Paris.
• Musée des beaux-arts de Beaune • Soldat gaulois (circa 1854) • Agar et Ismaël • Musée du Louvre • Cambise et Psamménite • Épisode de la retraite des Dix-Mille (circa 1842) • Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen • Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon • Musée Rolin • Xerxes à l'Hellespont • Autoportrait ("Self-portrait")
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• Illustration — Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen • Illustration — Retreat of the Ten Thousand, at the Battle of Cunaxa • Illustration — Xerxes at the Hellespont • Illustration — Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III after the Battle of Pelusium. Louvre Museum.
Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III
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The Battle of Cunaxa fought between the Persians and ten thousand Greek mercenaries of Cyrus the Younger, 401 BC. Louvre, Paris.
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1816
Adrien Guignet was born in 1816 at Annecy.
1854
Adrien Guignet died in 1854 at former 12th arrondissement of Paris.
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