Jean-Adrien Guignet. Self-portrait. Musée Rolin
Jean-Adrien Guignet (1816 – 1854) was a French orientalist painter.[1]
Guignet was born in Annecy and grew up in the city of Autun. He was a friend of Hippolyte Michaud. He was a rather popular orientalist painter in his time, and was especially commanded for his Egyptian scenes. He died in Paris.
Works
- Musée des beaux-arts de Beaune
- Soldat gaulois (circa 1854)
- Agar et Ismaël
- Cambise et Psamménite
- Épisode de la retraite des Dix-Mille (circa 1842)
- Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon
- Xerxes à l'Hellespont
- Autoportrait ("Self-portrait")
Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen
Retreat of the Ten Thousand, at the Battle of Cunaxa
Xerxes at the Hellespont
References
- ↑ Institute, Witt Library of the Courtauld (2014). Checklist of Painters from 1200-1994. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-26413-1.
- ↑ Karamanides, Dimitra (15 December 2005). Pythagoras: Pioneering Mathematician and Musical Theorist of Ancient Greece. p. 32. ISBN 9781404205000.
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