Mathieu Cochereau
Léon Matthieu Cochereau (1793, Montigny-le-Gannelon - 30 August 1817) was a French painter.
Also recorded as Leon Matthieu Cocherau · Léon Mathieu Cochereau · Leon Matthieu Cochereau · Léon-Mathieu Cochereau
Mathieu Cochereau

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- Born
- 1793 · Montigny-le-Gannelon.
- Died
- 1817 · Ionian Sea.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Jacques-Louis David
- Known for
- Interior of David's workshop
- Languages
- French
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Léon Matthieu Cochereau (1793, Montigny-le-Gannelon - 30 August 1817) was a French painter.
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Mathieu Cochereau (1793–1817) was a painter, of French nationality. The painter was born in Montigny-le-Gannelon and died in Ionian Sea.
Among the works is Interior of David's workshop. Languages used include French. Works are held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Louvre Museum and Musée Carnavalet, among others.
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Biography
Biography
Training under Jacques-Louis David is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Interior of David's workshop. Work by Mathieu Cochereau is recorded in the collections of Toledo Museum of Art, Musée Carnavalet, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Louvre Museum and paintings collection of Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres.
Student of David, he painted his master's studio in a painting now held at the Louvre. Another of his works is held at the Musée Antoine Vivenel. Several of his paintings are also in Chartres and Châteaudun museums, both in Eure-et-Loir department. He died at sea of dysentery whilst going to Greece accompanied by his uncle Pierre Prévost, the panorama painter - the precise site of death was, according to the sources, "across from Bizerte, in sight of Athens, near the Isle of Cerigo, in the Ionian Sea.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Léon Matthieu Cochereau, Studio of Jacques-Louis David, oil on canvas. 90 x 105 cm. Louvre, Paris, France • Illustration — Self-portrait in the studio (unfinished), private collection, circa 1817. • Illustration — Léon Matthieu Cochereau, Pierre Prévost learning how to paint panoramas, oil on canvas, 105 x 130 cm, Chartres museum, Eure-et-Loir, France
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Pierre Prévost.

Autoportrait du peintre Mathieu Cochereau de face sur fond noir coiffé en coup de vent, musée de Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, France.
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1793
Mathieu Cochereau born at Montigny-le-Gannelon.
1809
Paris, boulevard des Capucines in 1809 (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres).
1813
Interior of David's workshop (Department of Paintings of the Louvre).
1816
Self-portrait in the studio (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres).
1817
Mathieu Cochereau died at Ottoman Greece.
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Montigny-le-Gannelon.
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Ionian Sea.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3271191: Mathieu CochereauWikimedia Foundation
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