Jean-Adrien Guignet (1816 – 1854) was a French orientalist painter. Guignet was born in Annecy and grew up in the city of Autun. He was a friend of

Hippolyte Michaud In Classical Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (; grc-gre, Ἱππολύτη ''Hippolytē'') was a daughter of Ares and Otrera, queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. She wore her father Ares' ''zoster'', the Gr ...

. 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'' ; Musée du Louvre * ''Cambise et Psamménite'' * ''Épisode de la retraite des Dix-Mille'' (circa 1842) ; Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen * ''Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon'' ;

Musée Rolin The Musée Rolin is an art museum in Autun, Burgundy, France. Created in 1878 on the initiative of the , it is located on the site of the former home of Chancellor Nicolas Rolin. Its collections range from Gallo-Roman archaeology to 20th century ...

* ''Xerxes à l'Hellespont'' * ''Autoportrait'' ("Self-portrait") File:Adrien Guignet Joseph et Pharaon.jpg, '' Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon'', Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen File:Adrien Guignet - Retreat of the ten thousand.jpg, ''Retreat of the Ten Thousand, at the Battle of Cunaxa'' File:Adrien Guignet - Xerxes at the Hellespont.jpg, '' Xerxes at the

Hellespont The Dardanelles (; tr, Çanakkale Boğazı, lit=Strait of Çanakkale, el, Δαρδανέλλια, translit=Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli from the Gallipoli peninsula or from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (; ...

'' File:Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III.jpg, ''Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III'' after the

Battle of Pelusium The Battle of Pelusium was the first major battle between the Achaemenid Empire and Egypt. This decisive battle transferred the throne of the Pharaohs to Cambyses II of Persia, marking the beginning of the Achaemenid Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egyp ...

. Louvre Museum.

References

1816 births 1854 deaths Orientalist painters 19th-century French painters People from Annecy People from Autun {{France-painter-19thC-stub