Jean Broc
Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers. Jean Broc (1771–1850) was a French neoclassical painter. Hyacinthus was a young male beauty and lover of the god Apollo.
Jean Broc
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- Born
- 1771 · Montignac-Lascaux.
- Died
- 1850 · Lopatyn.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Jacques-Louis David
- Known for
- The Death of Hyacinthos
- Languages
- French
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Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers. Jean Broc (1771–1850) was a French neoclassical painter. Hyacinthus was a young male beauty and lover of the god Apollo.
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The painting depicts Apollo mourning for his dead lover. Some myths link a jealous Zephyr to the incident, blaming his jealousy of Hyacinthus for a gust of wind resulting in the youth's death. Broc studied under Jacques-Louis David and is well known for the cultivation of the intellectual group known as Les Primitifs (a.k.a, Barbus or "The Bearded Ones").
Jean Broc studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Jacques-Louis David is recorded. Guillaume Bodinier is recorded as having studied under Jean Broc. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Works named in the authority record are The Death of Hyacinthos. Work by Jean Broc is recorded in the collections of Musée Sainte-Croix, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers and Musée Magnin.
• Illustration — L'École d'Apelle, 1800 • Illustration — The Death of General Desaix, 1806
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1771
Jean Broc born at Montignac-Lascaux.
1850
Jean Broc died at Lopatyn.
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Jean Broc studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Jacques-Louis David. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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