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Artaud, Antoine Marie François  

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 17 April 1767, in Avignon; died 27 March 1838, in Orange.

Archaeologist, painter.

A student of Gonichon at the École de Dessin de Lyon, Artaud worked as a fabric designer before becoming an archaeologist. He is best-known for his work on the antiques and mosaics discovered in Lyons, and for organising the town's museum, becoming its first curator ...

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Cardonnel, Adam de  

British, 19th century, male.

Active in Edinburgh.

Died 1820, in Cramlington.

Engraver, archaeologist.

Adam de Cardonnel produced 20 plates for Numismata Scotiae, published in Edinburgh in 1786, and one plate for Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland (London 1788-1793).

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Chauvigné, Auguste-Alexandre  

French, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 1855, in Tours; died 1929, in Tours.

Potter, writer, archaeologist.

School of Tours.

Auguste-Alexandre Chauvigné trained with his father Auguste-François, and worked in the same studio. A journalist, novelist, playwright, historian and archeologist, he was a member of the Académie Française and of the Académie d'Agriculture. In ...

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Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, the Elder  

French, 19th century, male.

Born 13 March 1806, in Hautvillers; died 13 November 1867, in Paris.

Archaeologist, glass painter.

Adolphe Napoléon Didron the Elder exhibited at the 1852 Salon. He was best known as the founding editor of Archaeological Annals ( Annales Archéologiques).

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Dubois de Montperreux, Frédéric  

Swiss, 19th century, male.

Born 28 May 1798, in Môtiers; died 7 May 1850, in Peseux.

Draughtsman, archaeologist.

This scholar is the author of an interesting work entitled: Journey around the Caucasus which he illustrated with views of the region, monuments and indigenous objects as well as other illustrations. He lived in Russia and Switzerland where he enjoyed a well-deserved reputation....

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Duchalais, Ursin Jean Baptiste Adolphe  

French, 19th century, male.

Born 11 January 1815, in Beaugency; died 20 August 1854, in Mer (Loir-et-Cher).

Draughtsman, archaeologist.

Ursin Duchalais was the senior employee of the medallions section of the Bibliothèque Impériale.

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Dusommerard, Edmond  

French, 19th century, male.

Born 27 April 1817, in Paris; died 5 February 1885, in Paris.

Painter, draughtsman, archaeologist.

In 1841 Edmond Dusommerard exhibited at the Louvre in Paris a View of the Square and Church at Foligno, a View of the Grand Canal in Venice...

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Englefield, Henry Charles (Sir)  

British, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 1752; died 21 March 1822, in London.

Painter, archaeologist.

Sir Henry Charles Englefield exhibited landscapes at the Royal Academy in 1787, 1788 and 1789.

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Fagan, Robert  

Irish, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born c. 1745, in Cork, 5 March 1761 according to some sources; died 26 August 1816, in Rome.

Painter, archaeologist. Portraits.

Robert Fagan entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1781. He left for Rome via Paris in 1783. Of his work, little other than portraits is known, for example ...

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Fauvel, Louis François Sébastien  

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 14 September 1753, in Clermont-en-Beauvaisis; died 12 March 1838, in Smyrna.

Draughtsman, painter, engraver, archaeologist.

Fauvel is known to have produced an engraving in colour, as well as The Philosopher after Janinet and a Portrait of the Poet Delille...

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Gillieron, Émile  

French, 19th century, male.

Born 26 October 1851, in Villeneuve.

Draughtsman, painter, archaeologist.

Gillieron studied drawing and composition at the Gewerbeschule (Trades College) in Basel, Switzerland, then at the fine arts academy in Munich before coming to Paris to complete his studies. He was appointed as drawing and composition tutor to the children of the Greek royal family. Gillieron is remembered in particular for his important work in reconstituting some the treasures excavated from Mycenae and the celebrated 16th or early 15th century BC gold cups from the tholos tomb near Vapheio (Laconia) in Greece....

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Guardabassi, Mariano  

Italian, 19th century, male.

Born in Perugia; died 1880.

Painter, copyist, archaeologist. Historical subjects, religious subjects.

Mariano Guardabassi was a pupil of Silvestro Valeri at the Accademia in Perugia and of Cornelius in Rome, in whose studio he painted the Death of Moses that is now with his ...

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Hammann, Hermann Johann Martin  

Swiss, 19th century, male.

Born 26 December 1807, in Hanau (Hesse); died 11 October 1875, in Geneva.

Draughtsman, engraver, archaeologist.

Hermann Hammann wrote and illustrated Memories of a Journey in Switzerland, Geneva 1860, Artistic and Archaeological Portfolio of Switzerland, Geneva 1846, as well as other books. He also illustrated various publications, including ...

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Inghirami, Francesco  

Italian, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 1772, in Volterra; died 17 May 1846, in La Badia di Fiesole.

Draughtsman, engraver, archaeologist. Architectural views.

Florence (Uffizi): View of the Royal Villa in Careggi (drawing)

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Jorand, Jean Baptiste Joseph  

French, 19th century, male.

Born 1788, in Paris; died April 1850, in Eu (Seine-Maritime).

Painter, lithographer, archaeologist.

Jean Baptiste Joseph Jorand was a pupil of Fragonard the Younger, Baron Gros and Pillement. His genre subjects were exhibited at the Salon from 1810 to 1849.

Rouen (MBA): ...

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Langlois, Eustache Hyacinthe  

French, 19th century, male.

Born 3 August 1777, in Pont-de-l'Arche; died 29 September 1837, in Rouen.

Painter, draughtsman, engraver, archaeologist. Landscapes.

Eustache Langlois studied under Laumonnier and David. He was imprisoned during the Revolution and it was the patronage of Dupont de l'Eure that secured his freedom. Later when he was conscripted into the military he managed to obtain permission to leave thanks to the intervention of Joséphine Bonaparte. He settled in Rouen, was appointed as a teacher at the town's École des Beaux-Arts and had a strong influence over the artists in that region. He used his considerable talent as a watercolour artist to produce paintings of the beautiful artistic features and archeological sites of the ancient capital of Normandy. He himself published and illustrated ...

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Lenoir, Alexandre Marie (Chevalier)  

French, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 26 December 1761, in Paris; died 11 June 1839, in Paris.

Painter, archaeologist.

Trained by the painter Gabriel-François Doyen, Alexander Lenoir is remembered primarily as an art lover who was a driving force in saving France's works of art and monuments from wholesale destruction at the time of the Revolution. He persuaded the Assemblée Nationale to form a collection of all the paintings, statues and artefacts removed from churches and noble houses, housed in the Convent of the Petits-Augustins. Under the title of ...

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Lysons, Samuel  

British, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 1763; died 26 June 1819.

Draughtsman, archaeologist.

From 1785 to 1801, Samuel Lysons exhibited views of old English buildings at the Royal Academy in London. He drew and etched the plates for his books Enumeration of the Roman Ruins Discovered at Woodchester in 1797...

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Madsen, Andreas Peter  

Danish, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 22 December 1822, in Copenhagen; died 26 September 1911, in Copenhagen.

Painter, engraver (etching), archaeologist. Animals.

Andreas Peter Madsen worked on the decoration of the Thorvaldsen Museum, and exhibited animal paintings from 1846. He painted frescoes at the school of agriculture and the zoological museum in Copenhagen. He executed etchings of landscapes, animals and portraits. He illustrated his archaeological works himself....

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Mayor, Christophe Élysée  

Swiss, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 2 January 1837, in Geneva; died 12 April 1914, in Paris.

Enameller, potter, archaeologist.

Christophe Mayor was a pupil of Hébert, Glardon and Lamunière. He worked in Paris, London and, from 1863, in Geneva, where he taught ceramics at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts....