Guillaume-François Colson
Illustration — Entry of General Bonaparte into Alexandria, oil on canvas, 3.65 × 5 meters, c. 1800, Versailles Guillaume François Colson (1785 - 1860) was a French historical painter, and pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He was born and died in Paris.
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Guillaume-François Colson
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- 1785 · Paris.
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Illustration — Entry of General Bonaparte into Alexandria, oil on canvas, 3.65 × 5 meters, c. 1800, Versailles Guillaume François Colson (1785 - 1860) was a French historical painter, and pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He was born and died in Paris.
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Born at Paris in 1785, died in Paris in 1850.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Guillaume-François Colson is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
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