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Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)  

Aliases: Antoine Jean Gros; Antoine Jean "de" Gros; Antoine Jean (Baron) Gros; Antoine-Jean (Baron) Gros
Professions: Historical-scenes painter; Porträtmaler

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Biography

(b Paris, 16 March 1771; d Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, 25 June 1835). French painter. He was one of the most honoured and respected painters during the reigns of Emperor Napoleon I, King Louis XVIII and King Charles X. For these monarchs he executed large paintings of contemporary history and allegory, although he was also known as a painter of mythological subjects and of portraits in a Romantic vein.

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