Jerome-Martin Langlois (11 March 1779 – 28 December 1838) was a French

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painter. He was trained by painter

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and he was a Knight of the

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Early life

He was born in Paris on 11 March 1779. His father (Jerome Langlois) was a

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. He received his training in the studio of Jacques-Louis David, (the leading Neoclassical French painter) and became one of his favorite students. The two artists worked together on several important paintings, including ''Napoleon crossing the Alps'' (now at the

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in Vienna), in which Langlois painted the horse, and ''Leonidas at Thermopylae'' (

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, Paris).

Career

Langlois won the second prize at the

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in 1805 and the first prize in 1809, moving to Rome in the 1810s. A preparatory drawing of the painting that granted him the first place (''Priam aux pieds d'Achilles'') is in the collection of the Musee Magnin in Dijon, France. Since 1806 he regularly exhibited at the

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until 1837, winning the second prize in 1817 and first prize in 1819. Langlois's '' Diana and Endymion'' of 1822 was comissioned by

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for his Salon of Diane at the

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. It was displayed at the

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from 1878 and has been missing since

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. It may be in the

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of the American performer

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. In 1824 he was in Brussels, where he painted the portrait of Jacques-Louis David, which was exhibited in 1831.

Honors

In 1817 his painting Cassandra Imploring the Vengeance of Minerva Against Ajax was exhibited at the 1817 Paris Salon and earned a second-class medal. In 1819 his painting the Générosité d'Alexandre was exhibited at the 1819 Salon and won a first-prize medal. In 1822, he became a Knight of the

Gallery

File:"Lady in red wearing a tiara".JPG, ''Lady in red wearing a tiara'' (Private collection) Augustins - Générosité d'Alexandre - Jérome-Martin Langlois 2004 1 80.jpg, '' Générosité d'Alexandre'',

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, Toulouse File:Jérôme-Martin Langlois - Portrait of Jacques-Louis David - WGA12462.jpg, ''Portrait of Jacques-Louis David'' File:Jérôme-Martin Langlois - Diana and Endymion - WGA12461.jpg, '' Diana and Endymion'' (Private collection) File:Urbain de Maillé, marquis de Brézé.jpg, ''Urbain de Maillé, marquis de Brézé'' File:Jérome Martin Langlois the Younger – Cassandra Imploring the Vengeance of Minerva against Ajax.jpeg, '' Cassandra Imploring the Vengeance of Minerva Against Ajax''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langlois, Jerome-Martin 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters 1779 births 1838 deaths 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists