François Bouchot
François Bouchot (1800–1842) was a French painter and engraver born in Paris in 1800. He studied engraving under Richomme, and then became a pupil of Regnault, and subsequently of Lethière, and obtained the 'grand prix de Rome' in 1823. He exhibited at the Salon from 1824 till his death, which occurred in Paris in 1842. A Drunken Silenus by him is in the Lille Gallery, and the Burial of General Marceau in the Mairie at Chartres. He was also celebrated for his portraits.
Selection of Bouchot's works
Portrait of José de San Martín, 1828, United States Military Academy Museum
Portrait of Jacques François Dugommier, 1836, Palace of Versailles
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.jpg.webp) François Bouchot (1800-1842), between 1824 and 1828 | |
| Born | 29 November 1800  Paris |
| Died | 7 February 1842 (aged 41) Paris |
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| Occupation | Painter |
François Bouchot
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bouchot, François". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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