Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson
Self-portrait, 1790, Hermitage Museum
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a French painter and pupil of Jacques-Louis David, who participated in the early Romantic movement by including elements of eroticism in his paintings
Born
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson 29 January 1767 Montargis, Orléanais, France
Died
9 December 1824 (aged 57) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Painting
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Movement
Classicism, Romanticism
Notable work
Ossian receiving the ghosts of the fallen French Heroes, 1801; The Funeral of Atala, 1808; Portrait de Chateaubriand méditant sur les ruines de Rome, after 1808
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery