Pierre-Nicolas Sicot, known as Legrand de Lérant or de Sérant ( Pont-l'Évêque, 1758 –

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at the , along with Beljambe and Lequeu, Legrand won a second extraordinary prize in drawing, at age only 15. In 1782, he went to the

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. , Legrand de Sérant departed for

, where he produced a variety of drawings for local notabilities and illustrated a novel by

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Sources

* Adolphe Siret, ''Dictionnaire historique et raisonné des peintres de toutes les écoles depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours'', Bruxelles, Périchon, 1844, 1856, p. 442. 1758 births 1829 deaths 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub