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Jacques-Laurent Agasse

1767 - 1849

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Jacques-Laurent Agasse (April 24, 1767 – December 27, 1849) was an animal and landscape painter from Switzerland. Born at Geneva, Agasse studied in the public art school of that city. Before he turned twenty he went to Paris to study in veterinary school to make himself fully acquainted with the anatomy of horses and other animals. He seems to have subsequently returned to Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Laurent Agasse is the 948th most popular painter (up from 1,021st in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 266th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Swiss Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 948 out of 2,023. Before him are Bertha Wegmann, Gyula Benczúr, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Master Francke, Oda Krohg, and Georg Flegel. After him are Herri met de Bles, Toyen, Vanessa Bell, Francesco Pesellino, Philip de László, and Elin Danielson-Gambogi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 29. Before him are Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Jacques Laffitte, and Alexis Bouvard. After him are John Adams, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Platon Zubov, Anouvong, Heinrich Schrader, and Takizawa Bakin. Among people deceased in 1849, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 38. Before him are Quatremère de Quincy, François Habeneck, Delphine LaLaurie, Angelica Catalani, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, and Andrés Manuel del Río. After him are Dolley Madison, Jan Svatopluk Presl, Pierre François Verhulst, William Etty, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, and Goffredo Mameli.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 267 out of 1,015. Before him are Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Bertha Wegmann (1847), Henri Schwery (1932), Wiborada (900), Moritz Leuenberger (1946), and Andy Hug (1964). After him are Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Daniel Peter (1836), Doris Leuthard (1963), Hugo Koblet (1925), Abraham Trembley (1710), and Isaac Casaubon (1559).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Jacques-Laurent Agasse ranks 19. Before him are Matthäus Merian (1593), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Anton Graff (1736), Jost Amman (1539), Eugène Grasset (1845), and Bertha Wegmann (1847). After him are Alexandre Calame (1810), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), Adolf Wölfli (1864), Urs Graf (1485), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), and Salomon Gessner (1730).

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