Jean-Baptiste Debret
Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768–1848) was a French painter, engineer and illustrator.
Also recorded as Jean Baptiste Debret.
Overview
Born at Paris in 1768, died at Paris in 1848.
In detail
Jean-Baptiste Debret studied at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Beaux-Arts de Paris and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. training under Jacques-Louis David is recorded. Francisco Pedro do Amaral and Augusto Müller are recorded as having studied under Jean-Baptiste Debret. the recorded working language is French.
The field of work recorded is painting and visual arts. The authority associates the name with Neoclassicism. Jacques-Louis David is recorded as an influence.
Works named in the authority record are Napoleon I decorated a soldier of the Russian army in Tilsitt with the cross of the Legion of Honor.
Work by Jean-Baptiste Debret is recorded in the collections of John Carter Brown Library, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Palace of Versailles and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes.
Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
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