Pierre-Claude Gautherot
Illustration — Napoleon haranguing his troops on the Bridge of the Lech at Augsburg Pierre-Claude Gautherot (1769–1825), usually referred to as either Claude Gautherot or Pierre Gautherot, was a French artist. He was born and died in Paris. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, whose friendship involved him in the troubles of the Revolution.
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Pierre-Claude Gautherot
![Battle of Ratisbon: Napoleon, shot in the ankle, mounts his horse to join battle before the dressing of the wound is finished. Coloured engraving after C. Gautherot, 1828., Déposé à la Direction [1828], by Pierre-Claude Gautherot](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0048910/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
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- Pierre-Claude Gautherot was born on 1 January 1769. · Paris.
- Died
- Pierre-Claude Gautherot died on 22 July 1825. · Paris.
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- France
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- painter · sculptor · artist
- Teachers
- Jacques-Louis David
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Napoleon haranguing his troops on the Bridge of the Lech at Augsburg Pierre-Claude Gautherot (1769–1825), usually referred to as either Claude Gautherot or Pierre Gautherot, was a French artist. He was born and died in Paris. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, whose friendship involved him in the troubles of the Revolution.
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Gautherot opened a school of design where the most noted artists studied under his direction. His principal work, Napoleon haranguing his troops on the Bridge of the Lech at Augsburg, is at Versailles.
Training under Jacques-Louis David is recorded. Pierre-Roch Vigneron is recorded as having studied under Pierre-Claude Gautherot. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Pierre-Claude Gautherot is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Hermitage Museum, Palace of Versailles and Brooke Robinson Museum.
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Pierre-Claude Gautherot born at Paris.
1825
Pierre-Claude Gautherot died at Paris.
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