Alexandre Desgoffe
Illustration — The Valley of the Nymph Egeria Alexandre Desgoffe (1805–1882) was a French landscape painter born in Paris. He studied under Ingres, and travelled in Italy from 1837 to 1842. He usually introduced into his landscapes historical or mythological incidents, and he also painted some Biblical subjects.
Alexandre Desgoffe
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- Born
- 1805 · Paris.
- Died
- 1882 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape · history
- Teachers
- Louis Etienne Watelet · Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond · Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — The Valley of the Nymph Egeria Alexandre Desgoffe (1805–1882) was a French landscape painter born in Paris. He studied under Ingres, and travelled in Italy from 1837 to 1842. He usually introduced into his landscapes historical or mythological incidents, and he also painted some Biblical subjects.
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Born at Paris in 1805, died in Paris in 1882.
Training under Louis Etienne Watelet, Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Alexandre Desgoffe is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fitzwilliam Museum, Musée d'Orsay, Toledo Museum of Art and Musée d'Art de Toulon. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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- 1.Fiche de reconstitution d'acte de naissance sur le site des Archives de Paris.
- 2.Acte de décès ( ), registres de décès du de Paris, année 1882.
- 3.Exposé dans la galerie permanente du musée depuis 2025.
- 4.Joconde 06070001402 .
- 5.Musées du Midi-Pyrénées, musée Ingres : L'Écueil.
- 6.Gallica.
- 7.Gallica.
- 8.Le cimetière du Père Lachaise. S. Mercadier. 1908.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours : architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes, Tome 1, 418, Librairie Renouard, Paris, 1882 Gallica. .
- Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française, depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'en 1882 inclusivement : peintres, sculpteurs, architectes, graveurs et lithographes, Supplément, 194, Librairie Renouard, Paris, 1888 Gallica. .
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