Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier. (24 August 1759 – 16 November 1849) was a French painter of historical subjects. Grandson of François Garnier, cabinet-maker, son of Pierre Garnier, cabinet-maker, born in Paris, he studied art under Joseph-Marie Vien.''French painting 1774-1830: the age of revolution'', Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University Press, 1975, p. 407. He received second prize in the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

of 1787 and first in 1788 with a painting on the subject ''The Death of Tatius'', beating Louis Girodet.Eugène Ernest Desplaces et al. eds., ''Biographie universelle (Michaud) ancienne et moderne'', Desplaces, 1856, p.595. He lived in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

until 1793. He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1816. He exhibited a large number of

history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and B ...

s on classical and religious themes in the neo-classical manner. His painting ''Éponine et Sabinus'', 1810, was exhibited at the Salon of 1810 and again at the

Salon of 1814 The Salon of 1814 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris from 5 November 1814. It was the first Salon to be held since the defeat of Napoleon and the Bourbon Restoration that brought Louis XVIII to the throne. It featured a mixture of ...

, when it was acquired by

Louis XVIII Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 y ...

. In 1824 he delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Girodet.

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