Baron Pierre Narcisse Guerin:
Paris 1774-Rome 1833
French painter. He won enthusiastic recognition in 1799 for his Marius Sextus (Louvre). A defender of the classicism of J. L. David, he became director of the École de Rome in 1822. He counted among his pupils Delacroix, G??ricault, and Ary Scheffer, who were to launch the romantic school.
Aurora och Cephalus
mk156 1811-1814 Olja på segelduk 257x178cm
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