François Bouchot

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François Bouchot
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 Jacques François Dugommier, 1836, Palace of Versailles

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, 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.