Guillaume Descamps
Illustration — Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, 1817 Guillaume-Désiré-Joseph Descamps (1779–1858), a French painter and engraver, was born in Lille. He was a pupil of François-André Vincent, but, obtaining the "prix de Rome," he improved himself by travelling in Italy, and became court-painter of Murat in Naples. He died in Paris in 1858.
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Guillaume Descamps
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- Born
- 1779. · Lille.
- Died
- 1858. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, 1817 Guillaume-Désiré-Joseph Descamps (1779–1858), a French painter and engraver, was born in Lille. He was a pupil of François-André Vincent, but, obtaining the "prix de Rome," he improved himself by travelling in Italy, and became court-painter of Murat in Naples. He died in Paris in 1858.
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The following paintings were executed by him: • The Women of Sparta (in the Lille Museum). • The Martyrdom of St. Andrew (in St. Andrė, Lille). • Murat on board the Ceres distributing Rewards (engraved hy himself). • The Conversion of St. Augustine (in St. Eustache, Paris). • The Apotheosis of Cardinal Tommasi (in San Martino di Monti, Rome). • The Neapolitan Troops marching out against Capri.
Guillaume Descamps studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Guillaume Descamps is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Musée Carnavalet, Château de Malmaison and Palace of Versailles. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
La donation du Rosaire à Saint Dominique de Guzman dans la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Guillaume Descamps
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1779
Guillaume Descamps born at Lille.
1858
Guillaume Descamps died at Paris.
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- 1.RKDartists
- 2.Michael Bryan, Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers, Macmillan, 1903, .
- 3.Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, première année, (avril, mai, juin 1859), tome II, .
- 4.Base Joconde 000PE004839 Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, comte d'Hunebourg, duc de Feltre, maréchal de France (1765-1818)
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