Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (1 February 1814 – 31 July 1891) was a

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stained glass painter. Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1814, he had much to do with the modern revival of glass-painting, and first made his reputation by his study of the old methods of workmanship, and his clever restorations of old examples, and copies made for the Brussels archaeological museum. He carried out windows for various churches in

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(including the Église Royale Sainte-Marie),

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and elsewhere, and his work was commissioned also for France, Italy and England. At the

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he won the only medal given for glasspainting. He died in

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in 1891. He was also an entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera and he became a Member of the

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Entomological titles (selection)

*Capronnier, J.B. (1889): Liste des Lépidoptères capturés au Congo. ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 1889:118–127. *Capronnier, J.B. (1889): Liste d’une collection de lépidoptères recueillis au Gabon avec la description de quatres espèces nouvelles. ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 1889:141–148.

References

*Anonym 1891 apronnier, J. B.''Leopoldina'' 27

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* 1814 births 1891 deaths Artists from Paris Belgian stained glass artists and manufacturers Belgian entomologists Belgian lepidopterists 19th-century Belgian painters 19th-century Belgian male artists {{Glass-art-stub