Jean-Baptiste Roman
Illustration — Jean-Baptiste Roman's Cato of Utica Reading the Phaedo before Committing Himself to Death (1832) Jean-Baptiste Roman (31 October 1792 – 13 February 1835) was a French sculptor. He was born and died in Paris. Roman was an instructor in sculpture at the École des beaux-arts; his vacant place was filled in 1835, by Louis-Messidor Lebon Petitot, full professeur from 1845 to 1862.
Jean-Baptiste Roman
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- Born
- 1792 · Paris.
- Died
- 1835 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- French Academy in Rome
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Jean-Baptiste Roman's Cato of Utica Reading the Phaedo before Committing Himself to Death (1832) Jean-Baptiste Roman (31 October 1792 – 13 February 1835) was a French sculptor. He was born and died in Paris. Roman was an instructor in sculpture at the École des beaux-arts; his vacant place was filled in 1835, by Louis-Messidor Lebon Petitot, full professeur from 1845 to 1862.
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• L'Innocence (1822), a nude girl holding a lizard, an emblem of innocence. • Le peintre Girodet (1827), a portrait bust of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767–1824) • Nisus et Euryale (1827) • Caton d'Utique lisant le Phédon avant de se donner la mort (1832) with François Rude
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Jean-Baptiste Roman is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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1792
Jean-Baptiste Roman born at Paris.
1835
Jean-Baptiste Roman died at Paris.
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- 1.Catalogue BNF. BNF.
- 2.Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, t. 11, Paris, Gründ, 1999, .
- 3.Nisus et Euryale au musée du Louvre.
- 4.Jean-Pierre Brès (texte) et Normand fils (ill.), Monuments funéraires choisis dans les cimetières de Paris et des principales villes de France, Paris, Normand fils, 1832, (en ligne). Voir les planches 31, 32 et 33.
- 5.David d'Angers, Jean-Baptiste Roman et la commande de Louis-Philippe.
- 6.Caton d’Utique au musée du Louvre.
- 7.Dictionnaire Bénézit, .
- 8.Jean-Michel Leniaud, Procès-verbaux de l'Académie des beaux-arts : 1830-1834, .
- 9.Visionneuse - Archives de Paris. archives.paris.fr.
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- Dictionnaire Bénézit.
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