Jean-Joseph Taillasson (French: [tɑjasɔ̃]; 6 July 1745 – 11 November 1809[2]) was a French history painter and portraitist, draftsman, and art critic.
- ^ The anecdote, in which the poet read the passage in Book VI in praise of Octavia's late son Marcellus, and Octavia fainted with grief, was recorded in the late fourth-century vita of Virgil by Aelius Donatus.
- ^ Cyclopedia.