Jean-Joseph Patu de Rosemont (1767 – 11 July 1818) was a French painter. He is mostly known for

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depicting

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from

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, where he lived from 1788. Some of his paintings show the

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, whose he was one of the first known explorators.

Biography

Patu de Rosemont was born to Antoine-Henry Patu des Hauts-Champs, squire, counselor to the King and auditor at the

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of Paris. Aged 20, he enlisted as an auxiliary officer in the

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; his ship was wrecked near Isle Bourbon in 1788. In 1790, he married Jeanne Tarsile Bregeault. The next year, he took part in a scientific expedition led by Alexis Bert at

, the active volcano of the island. He explored tis tip on 29 July, a feat for which a natural formation of

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, the

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, was named in his honour. When the British attacked the island in 1809, Rosemont took part in the fighting with his son Amédée and their friend

Nicole Robinet de La Serve Jean-Pierre-François Nicole Robinet de La Serve (1791, Isle Bourbon – 20 December 1842, Salazie) was a French journalist, lawyer and politician.''Robinet de La Serve : l'énergumène créole'', Patrick Imhaus, Océan Éditions – . Biograph ...

.''Robinet de La Serve : l'énergumène créole'', Patrick Imhaus,

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– . He was captured during the

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in September and held prisoner aboard the British flagship. After he was released, he returned to France in 1817.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patu De Rosemont, Jean-Joseph 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters 1767 births 1818 deaths 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists