Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, also known as Anne-Louis Girodet (1767 - 1824)

• Was a French painter.
• Trioson was pupil of Jacques-Louis David.
• Girodet was born at Montargis.
• Both of his parents died when he was a young adult.
• He was adopted by a prominent physician named Benoît-François Trioson.
• Girodet painted portraits of members of the Bonaparte family.
• Girodet was a member of the Academy of Painting and of the Institut de France.
• He was a knight of the Order of Saint Michael, and officer of the Legion of Honour.
• Among his pupils were Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte, Augustin Van den Berghe the Younger, François Edouard Bertin, Angélique Bouillet, Alexandre-Marie Colin, Marie Philippe Coupin de la Couperie, Henri Decaisne, Paul-Emile Destouches, Achille Devéria, Eugène Devéria, and Philippe Jacques Van Brée.
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