Félix Cottrau
Illustration — Portrait of Félix Cottrau (1827) by François Bouchot. Rome, private collection. Pierre-Félix Cottrau (6 March 1799 in Paris – 19 December 1852 in Paris) was a French painter.
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Félix Cottrau
Felix Cottrau · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1799 · Paris.
- Died
- 1852 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape · portrait
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of Félix Cottrau (1827) by François Bouchot. Rome, private collection. Pierre-Félix Cottrau (6 March 1799 in Paris – 19 December 1852 in Paris) was a French painter.
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Félix Cottrau (1799–1852) was a painter, of French nationality. The painter was born and died in Paris.
The work spans landscape and portrait. Languages used include French. Works are held at Château de Compiègne, Château de Malmaison and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, among others. Honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and portrait. Work by Félix Cottrau is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Château de Malmaison, Château de Compiègne, Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau and Museum of Fine Arts of Reims. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Félix Cottrau is classed in the genre landscape painting. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as a citizen of France. Classed in the genre portrait.
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1799
Félix Cottrau was born on 6 March 1799.
1852
Félix Cottrau died on 19 December 1852.
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His recorded language was French. Cottrau received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Château de Malmaison, Château de Compiègne and Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau
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