Jean Joseph Eleonora Antoine Ansiaux (1764–1840) was a Belgian-born historical and portrait painter who worked in France.

Life

Ansiaux, a pupil of

François-André Vincent François-André Vincent (; 30 December 1746 – 4 August 1816) was a French neoclassical painter. Biography Vincent was born in Paris in 1746, the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent. He studied under Joseph-Marie Vien and was ...

, was born in

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, in 1764. His elder brother, Emmanuel Antoine Joseph Ansiaux (1761-1800), worked in politics and law, a pathway the younger Ansiaux was to have taken before turning to art. His works, taken from sacred and profane history, and poetical subjects, are numerous, and place him among the best artists of the French school in the 19th century. He also painted portraits of several distinguished persons, ministers, and generals of

Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

. He was known for working in the Romantic-inspired

Troubadour style Taking its name from medieval troubadours, the Troubadour Style (french: Style troubadour) is a rather derisive term, in English usually applied to French historical painting of the early 19th century with idealised depictions of the Middle Ages a ...

of French historical painting. '' The Grove Dictionary of Art'' criticized his works done in this style, calling them "very uneven" and "often laborious."

Death

Ansiaux died in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

in 1840.

Works

His works include: * Angers. Cathedral: ''Raising of the Cross'', 1827. * Arras. Cathedral: ''Resurrection'' * Bordeaux. Museum: '' Richelieu presenting

Poussin Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for ...

Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

'', 1817. * Le Mans. Cathedral: ''Adoration of the Kings''. *

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: ''Ascension'', 1812 and ''Conversion of St. Paul'', 1814. *

, Hôtel-de-Ville: ''Return of the Prodigal Son'', 1819. * Lille. Museum: ''St. John rebuking Herod'', 1822 and ''finding of Moses'', 1822. * Metz. Cathedral: ''The Flagellation''. *

, S. Etienne-du-Mont: ''St. Paul preaching at Athens''.

Gallery

References

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