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Antoine-Jean Gros

1771 - 1835

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Antoine-Jean Gros (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twanʒɑ̃ gʁo]; 16 March 1771 – 25 June 1835) was a French painter of historical subjects. He was granted the title of Baron Gros in 1824. Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and began an independent artistic career during the French Revolution. Forced to leave France, Gros moved to Genoa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine-Jean Gros is the 259th most popular painter (down from 213th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from France (down from 699th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular French Painter.

Antoine-Jean Gros is most famous for his painting "Napoleon Crossing the Alps."

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Among painters, Antoine-Jean Gros ranks 259 out of 2,023. Before him are Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Judith Leyster, István Sándorfi, Hans Holbein the Elder, and Sebastiano del Piombo. After him are Joshua Reynolds, Henri Fantin-Latour, Rosalba Carriera, Nicholas Hilliard, Hendrick Avercamp, and Cosimo Rosselli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Antoine-Jean Gros ranks 8. Before him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Robert Owen, Emperor Kōkaku, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Richard Trevithick, and Julie Clary. After him are Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Alois Senefelder, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Jean-Andoche Junot, and Laskarina Bouboulina. Among people deceased in 1835, Antoine-Jean Gros ranks 5. Before him are Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Vincenzo Bellini, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise. After him are Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Thérésa Tallien, Catharina of Württemberg, Izabela Czartoryska, Alexander McDonnell, Guillaume Dupuytren, and John Nash.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine-Jean Gros ranks 838 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Louise of Savoy (1476), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), and Nicolas Fouquet (1615). After him are Henri Lefebvre (1901), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Pierre Loti (1850), Marina Vlady (1938), and Ivo of Kermartin (1253).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Antoine-Jean Gros ranks 63. Before him are Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Jan Gossaert (1478), Raoul Dufy (1877), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), Simon Vouet (1590), and Alexandre Cabanel (1823). After him are Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Georges Rouault (1871), Martin Schongauer (1450), Jacques Callot (1592), and François Clouet (1510).

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