Pierre Nicolas Legrand (1758 - 1829),

• Was a also known as Legrand de Lérant or de Sérant.
• He was a French  painter.

• Legrand was born in Pont-l'Évêque, Normandy.

• He was a Pupil of Jean-Baptiste Descamps at the École régionale des beaux-arts de Rouen, along with Beljambe and Lequeu.

• Legrand won a second extraordinary prize in drawing, at age only 15.

• In 1782, he went to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.

• Circa 1794, Legrand de Sérant departed for Bern in Switzerland. • There he produced a variety of drawings for local notabilities and illustrated a novel by Isabelle de Charrière. 

• Legrand de Sérant was a member of the Academy of Lille.

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