Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier. (24 August 1759 – 16 November 1849) was a French painter of historical subjects. Grandson of François Garnier, cabinet-maker, son of Pierre Garnier, cabinet-maker, born in Paris, he studied art under

Joseph-Marie Vien Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791. Biography He was born in Montpellier ...

.''French painting 1774-1830: the age of revolution'', Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University Press, 1975, p. 407. He received second prize in the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

of 1787 and first in 1788 with a painting on the subject ''The Death of Tatius'', beating Louis Girodet.Eugène Ernest Desplaces et al. eds., ''Biographie universelle (Michaud) ancienne et moderne'', Desplaces, 1856, p.595. He lived in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

until 1793. He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1816. He exhibited a large number of history paintings on classical and religious themes in the neo-classical manner. His painting ''Éponine et Sabinus'', 1810, was exhibited at the 1810 Salon and again in 1814, when it was acquired by

Louis XVIII Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in ...

. In 1824 he delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Girodet.

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