François Bouchot
François Bouchot (1800–1842), a painter and engraver, was 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.
Napoléon signe son abdication à Fontainebleau
11 april 1814
Thamar and Absalon
1893
Portrait of José de San Martín, painted in 1828.
Now in West Point - United States Military Academy Museum
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The Birth of Venus Hand-Painted Oil Painting
Napoleon Bonaparte
in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud. Painted in 1840, now at the Palace of Versailles
