Léon Matthieu Cochereau (1793,

Montigny-le-Gannelon Montigny-le-Gannelon () is a former commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières.David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

, he painted his master's studio in a painting now held at the

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. Another of his works is held at the

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. Several of his paintings are also in

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and

Châteaudun Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War. Geography Châteaudun is located about 45 ...

museums, both in Eure-et-Loir department. He died at sea of

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whilst going to Greece accompanied by his uncle Pierre Prévost, the panorama painter - the precise site of death was, according to the sources, "across from

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, in sight of

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, near the Isle of

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, in the

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References

* ''Procès verbaux de la Société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir'', Tome V, Chartres, 1876 (1873–1875), séance du 9 janvier 1873. * ''Hommes illustres de l'

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'' * Jean Prévost, ''Notice historique sur Montigny-le-Gannelon'', Châteaudun, 1852. * Camille Marcille, ''Notice sur Matthieu Cochereau, peintre beauceron'', Chartres, 1875. * Louis du Chalard & Antoine Gautier, "Les panoramas orientaux du peintre Pierre Prévost (1764-1823)", in ''Orients'', Bulletin de l'association des anciens élèves et amis des langues orientales, June 2010, p. 90-93.

Gallery

File:Cochereau Lo studio di David.jpg, Léon Matthieu Cochereau, ''Studio of

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

'', oil on canvas. 90 x 105 cm.

, Paris, France File:Cochereau Léon Mathieu cours Prévost panoramas musée Chartres Eure-et-Loir (France).jpg, Léon Matthieu Cochereau, '' Pierre Prévost learning how to paint panoramas'', oil on canvas, 105 x 130 cm,

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