Paul Delaroche 1797-1856 French Student of Louis Etienne Watelet, Antoine-Jean Gros Teacher of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Gustave Boulanger Paul Delaroche trained first as a landscape painter under Louis Etienne Watelet before entering the studio of Antoine-Jean Gros. Delaroche built a career consisting primarily of exhaustively researched and minutely rendered

Antoine-Jean, Baron Gros 1771-1835 French Student of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Jacques-Louis David Teacher of Paul Delaroche Antoine-Jean, Baron Gros, took over the responsibilities of running the teaching studio of his master Jacques-Louis David upon David’s departure for exile in Belgium. Gros had already spent years in

Raffaellino del Garbo 1466-1524 Italian Student of Filippino Lippi Teacher of Agnolo Bronzino Raffaellino del Garbo began his training as the student and assistant of one of the most revered painters of his time, Filippino Lippi. Much of Garbo’s stylistic influence comes from Lippi, with borrowed elements including

Agnolo Bronzino 1503-1572 Italian Student of Raffaellino del Garbo, Jacopo Pontormo Teacher of Alessandro Allori Agnolo Bronzino first trained in the studio of Raffaellino del Garbo, where he began to perfect his unsurpassed technical virtuosity. After further study under Jacopo Pontormo, Bronzino began a successful career as court

Jacopo Pontormo 1494-1556 Italian Student of Leonardo Da Vinci, Piero di Cosimo, Mariotto Albertinelli, Andrea del Sarto Teacher of Agnolo Bronzino Jacopo Pontormo, born Jacopo Carrucci and orphaned as a child, took his name from his hometown of Pontormo. Raised by his grandmother until he was 14 and

François Picot 1786-1868 French Student of François Vincent, Jacques-Louis David Teacher of William Bouguereau, Alexandre Cabanel François Picot was a student of François Vincent and Jacques-Louis David, both of whom had been students of Joseph-Marie Vien. As a teacher, Picot operated one of the most popular studios in

Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825 French Student of Joseph-Marie Vien Teacher of Antoine-Jean Gros Jacques-Louis David, as an anti-monarchist who voted for the execution of Louis XVI, played a major role in the events of the French Revolution. His artistic training under Joseph-Marie Vien prepared him for the work that

Joseph-Marie Vien 1716-1809 French Student of Charles Joseph Natoire Teacher of Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Jacques-Louis David, François Vincent Joseph-Marie Vien won the Prix de Rome after three years of study with Charles-Joseph Natoire in Paris. After six years in Italy, Vien returned to Paris, and established his reputation as

Charles-Joseph Natoire 1700-1777 French Student of François Lemoyne, Louis Galloche Teacher of Joseph-Marie Vien Charles-Joseph Natoire was first tutored by his father, the sculptor Florent Natoire, before continuing his apprenticeship under Louis Galloche and further study with his most influential teacher, the renowned draftsman, François Lemoyne. Natoire’s drawing

François Lemoyne 1688-1737 French Student of Louis Galloche Teacher of Charles-Joseph Natoire François Lemoyne studied under Louis Galloche, whose emphasis on attaining mastery of the human form served Lemoyne well as a painter of the dramatic multi-figured compositions that would bring him fame. His skills as a draftsman