Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson | |
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 Self-portrait, 1790, Hermitage Museum | |
| Born | Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson 29 January 1767 |
| Died | 9 December 1824 (aged 57) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Ossian receiving the ghosts of the fallen French Heroes, 1801; The Funeral of Atala, 1808; Portrait de Chateaubriand méditant sur les ruines de Rome, after 1808 |
| Movement | Classicism, Romanticism |
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French pronunciation: [an lwi ʒiʁɔdɛ də ʁusi tʁijozɔ̃]; or de Roucy), also known as Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson or simply Girodet (29 January 1767 – 9 December 1824),[1] was a French painter and pupil of Jacques-Louis David, who participated in the early Romantic movement by including elements of eroticism in his paintings. Girodet is remembered for his precise and clear style and for his paintings of members of the Napoleonic family.
- ^ Long, George. (1851) The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, C. Knight.