Louis Godefroy Jadin
Louis Godefroy Jadin (30 June 1805, Paris – 1882, Paris) was a French painter specializing in animals and landscapes, especially known for having painted the hunts of Napoleon III and the dogs of the high society of the Second Empire. His father was the composer Louis-Emmanuel Jadin. A close friend of Alexandre Dumas, Jadin accompanied Dumas on several voyages, in particular to Naples in 1835 and to Florence in 1840.
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Louis Godefroy Jadin
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- Name
- Louis Godefroy Jadin
- Born
- 1805
- Birthplace
- France
- Died
- 1882
- Occupation
- Painter
- Teachers
- Louis Hersent · Abel de Pujol · Paul Huet · Richard Parkes Bonington
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Louis Godefroy Jadin (30 June 1805, Paris – 1882, Paris) was a French painter specializing in animals and landscapes, especially known for having painted the hunts of Napoleon III and the dogs of the high society of the Second Empire. His father was the composer Louis-Emmanuel Jadin. A close friend of Alexandre Dumas, Jadin accompanied Dumas on several voyages, in particular to Naples in 1835 and to Florence in 1840.
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Dumas introduced the painter to Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, for whom Jadin decorated the dining room of the palace of Tuileries with hunting scenes. Jadin won two medals of the third class, in 1834 and 1855, a medal of the second class in 1840, and a medal of the first class in 1848. He was made chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1854.
Training under Louis Hersent, Abel de Pujol and Paul Huet is recorded. Eugène Louis Pirodon and Charles Emmanuel Jadin are recorded as having studied under Louis Godefroy Jadin. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Louis Godefroy Jadin is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Condé Museum and Musée Carnavalet. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Louis Godefroy Jadin • Born — 1805 • Birthplace — France • Died — 1882 • Occupation — Painter
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