Laurent Dabos (1761–1835) was a French painter of portraits and of historical and genre subjects.
Life
Dabos was born at
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
in 1761. He studied with
François André Vincent, and first exhibited at the "Exposition de la Jeunesse" in 1788. His works included ''Mary of England, Queen of France, lamenting the death of her husband, Louis XII'', ''The Return of the Grande Armée'', and ''Louis XVI. writing his Will'', a picture painted in the
Temple
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during the
captivity of the royal family. Besides these he painted from life the portrait of the Dauphin (
Louis XVII). He died in Paris in 1835. His wife,
Jeanne Bernard, who was a pupil of
Madame Guyard, also painted genre subjects. She was born at
Luneville in 1763, and died in 1842.
Gallery
File:Dabos - Jean-Baptiste de Belloy.jpg, Jean-Baptise de Belloy
File:Laurent Dabos - Portrait de Mirabeau (1749-1791) dans son cabinet de travail - P108 - Musée Carnavalet.jpg, The Count of Mirabeau
File:Portrait of Thomas Paine.jpg, Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...
File:Dabos - Comte Horace Sebastiani de la Porta.jpg, Horace Sébastiani de La Porta
File:Napoleon-Bonaparte-by-DABOS.jpg, Napoleon Bonaparte
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 ...
, First Consul
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1761 births
1835 deaths
18th-century French painters
French male painters
19th-century French painters
Artists from Toulouse
19th-century French male artists
18th-century French male artists
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