Pierre Bouillon (1776–1831) was a French painter and engraver. Born at Thiviers, he studied with the

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-trained history painter

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. He was awarded the grand prize of the

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in July 1797 for his painting ''The Death of Cato of Utica''. He exhibited in the

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in 1796, 1799, 1801, 1804, 1819, 1822, and 1824.Grunchec, Philippe (1985). ''The Grand Prix de Rome: Paintings from the École des Beaux-Arts, 1797–1863''. Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation. p. 149. As drawing instructor at the Lycée Louis Le Grand in Paris, he was a teacher of Théodore Géricault and perhaps also

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. He was employed extensively to make preparatory drawings for the engravings of Pierre Laurent's publication, ''

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''; his drawing for Charles Clément Bervic's celebrated engravingAmong the several examples of the engraving in the British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1842-0806-183 shows the lettering "dessiné par Bouillon." of the sculpture of '' Laocoön'' is among the 27 examples attributed to him in this work. Pierre Bouillon was also responsible for a publication devoted exclusively to the classical sculpture of the Louvre Museum, consisting of plates which he drew and etched himself, ''Le Musée des antiques ...'', issued in 3 large folio volumes, 1811–1827.

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