Louis Hersent (1777-1860)

• Was a French painter.
• He was born in Paris.
• He became a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1797.
• He married Louise-Marie-Jeanne Mauduit in 1821.
• His pupils were Louis-Eugène Bertier, Auguste Bigand, Hélène Charlotte Juliette Bourge, Augustin Luc Demoussy, Henri Joseph Constant Dutilleux, Hippolyte Dominique Holfeld, Jean-Francois-Hyacinthe-Jules Laure, Eugène Modeste Edmond Lepoittevin, Emile Aubert Lessore, Auguste Dominique Mennessier, François Alexandre Pernot, Julie Philipault, August Thomas Pierre Philippe, Pierre Poterlet, Joachim Sotta, Henry de Triqueti, and Théophile Auguste Vauchelet.
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