Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Desmarais (1756–1813) was a

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painter of the Neoclassical period, who after 1786 was active in Italy, rising to be a professor of the Academies of Fine Arts of Lucca and

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Biography

He was born in Paris and died in Carrara. Jean-Baptiste studied at the Royal academy of Fine Arts in Paris in 1781, and was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1785, with his painting with a subject from early Roman History:''Horace slays his sister Camille''. He spent the years 1786 to 1790 in Rome. He was named professor at the

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in 1793. He appears not to have returned to France with the turmoil of the Revolution. During the Napoleonic occupation of Northern Italy, he was recruited by Princess

Elisa Baciocchi Maria Anna Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy ( French: ''Marie Anne Elisa Bonaparte''; 3 January 1777 – 7 August 1820), better known as Elisa Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was Princess of Lucca ...

to be professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lucca in 1805, replacing Stefano Tofanelli, and he became Vice-President of the Academy of Design and Sculpture in Carrara in 1806, where he would recruit the famous sculptor

Pietro Tenerani Pietro Tenerani (11 November 1789 – 16 December 1869) was an Italian sculptor of the Neoclassic style. Biography He was born in Torano, near Carrara. He initially trained with his maternal uncle, the sculptor Pietro Marchetti, and in 18 ...

.L'Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara: e il suo patrimonio
By Lucilla Meloni, page 120. Among his many pupils was

Pietro Bonanni Pietro Bonanni (November 26, 1789 – June 15, 1821) was an Italian-born painter active in the United States. Life and career Bonanni was a native of Carrara, and began his studies in the art academy of that city under Jean-Baptiste Frédéric D ...

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