Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont

painter

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1773

Place of Birth: Rouen, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1838

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont, one of the pages of Louis XVI, went to America during the Revolution, and there taught himself painting.
On his return he commenced exhibiting his works, in which he seems to have adopted Prud'hon as his model.
Art is indebted to him for the restoration of the pictures at Versailles when they were in a very bad state of decay.
The date of his birth is uncertain.
He died in 1838.
He exhibited amongst others the following: The Death of Abel.
1803. Hector upbraiding Paris (gold medal and 500 francs).
1806. The Descent of Orpheus into Hell (gold medal and 1000 francs).
1808. The Clemency of Napoleon towards the Princess of Hatzfeld (purchased by the Government, and executed in tapestry at the Gobelins for the cabinet of Napoleon at the Tuileries).
1808. The Education of Jupiter on Mount Ida (forming the ceiling of the pavilion of Marsan).
1812. The Good Samaritan (in the Rouen Museum.).
1822. The Death of Cleopatra (also in the Rouen Museum).
1824. The Chastity of Joseph.
1826. Le Déshabillé.
Same year.

Pierre-Roch Vigneron (1789–1872)
Alternative names	Pierre Roche Vigneron
Description	French painter, engraver and lithographer
Date of birth/death	16 August 1789	12 October 1872
Location of birth/death	Vosnon	Paris
Authority control	: Q4111950 VIAF: 51953577 ISNI: 0000 0001 0800 2332 ULAN: 500015740 LCCN: n97874637 GND: 1036868575 WorldCat