Éloi Firmin Féron
Illustration — The Arrival of the Duke of Orleans at the Hôtel de Ville on 31 July 1830 (1837 painting by Féron, after an 1836 work by Charles-Philippe Larivière) Éloi Firmin Féron (elwa fiʁmɛ̃ feʁɔ̃; 1802–1876) was a French neoclassicist painter. A student of Antoine-Jean Gros, he won the Prix de Rome for his Damon et Pythias in 1826, aged "twenty-four and a half." He went on to become a favourite of Louis Philippe I and his sons and contributed to the galleries of Versailles, where most of his major works are now on exhibit, including Entrée de Charles VIII à Naples (1837), Bataille de Fornoue (1838), Prise de Rhodes (1840), besides various portraits.
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Éloi Firmin Féron
E. Lechard, Éloi Firmin Féron · Public domain - Biblioteca Valenciana Digitalː · Public domain
- Born
- 1802 · Paris.
- Died
- 1876 · Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
- Nationality
- France
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- painter
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- portrait
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- French Academy in Rome
- Known for
- Entry of Charles VIII to Naples, May 12 and 1495
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- French
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Éloi Firmin Féron vécut de 1802 à 1876 et fut peintre.
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Éloi Firmin Féron studied at French Academy in Rome. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are France. Works named in the authority record are Entry of Charles VIII to Naples, May 12, 1495. Work by Éloi Firmin Féron is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Palace of Versailles, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes and Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille.
• Illustration — The Entry of Charles VIII into Naples, 1837 • Illustration — The Battle of Fornovo, 1837 • Illustration — The Siege of Rhodes, 1839 • Illustration — The Battle of Arsuf, 1843
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Institutional cataloguing adds that éloi Firmin Féron is recorded with the occupation painter. It is also recorded that éloi Firmin Féron is recorded as a citizen of France. Éloi Firmin Féron is recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that éloi Firmin Féron was born on 1 December 1802. The register further records that éloi Firmin Féron died on 24 April 1876. Institutional cataloguing adds that éloi Firmin Féron worked at France. Éloi Firmin Féron is classed in the genre portrait.
Battle of Putaha (engraving, E. Lechard, 1838, original painting by Éloi Firmin Féron)
E. Lechard, Éloi Firmin Féron · Public domain - Biblioteca Valenciana Digitalː
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