Adolphe Brune was a French artist born in Paris in 1802 and painted religious subjects, portraits,

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, and mural compositions. He studied under

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, and made his debut at the

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in 1833 with an 'Adoration of the Magi.' He was subsequently employed on various public buildings. He decorated the 'Salle des Séances' of the Senate in the Luxembourg, and the ceiling of the

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of the Louvre. Brune died in 1880. Michel Ney (1792)

Works

He has three tables in the hall of the palace of the Senate (1861), the ceiling of the new library at the Louvre (1861), the painting of the chapel of St. Catherine in the Saint-Roch church in Paris and in the galleries of Versailles, the portraits of Louis XII, of Charles IX, of Claude Annebaut, Paul de la Barthe, of Ney.

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* 19th-century French painters French male painters 1802 births 1880 deaths Painters from Paris Pupils of Antoine-Jean Gros 19th-century French male artists {{France-painter-19thC-stub