Alexandre-François Caminade (14 December 1783 – May 1862) was a French painter. Caminade was born and died in

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. He was a

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ist and a

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painter. He was

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's pupil.

Main works

*''Flight into Egypt'', St. Etienne du Mont, France *''

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'', St. Etienne du Mont, France *''Adoration of the Magi'', St. Etienne du Mont, France *''The Levite of Ephraim'', Versailles *''Entry of the French into Antwerp'', Versailles *''St. Theresa Receiving the Last Sacrament'', Notre Dame de Lorette

Portraits

* '' Françoise-Marie de Bourbon'', 1834 * ''

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'', s. XIX, Mairie de Nozières y

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Gallery

File:Francoise Marie de Bourbon par Caminade Alexandre-François.jpg, The

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(1834) File:MadameRoyaleCaminadeFXD.jpg, Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême, (1827) File:Caminade - François de Neufville de Villeroy (1644-1730) - MV 1043.jpg, François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy, Marshal of France, (1834/1835) File:The Levite of Ephraim by A.F.Caminafe (1837, Lyon).jpg, The Levite of Ephraim, (1837) File:Hassan par Caminade.jpg, Presumed portrait of Hassan, guardian of the

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offered to King Charles X of France by

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, (1827)

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1783 births 1862 deaths Painters from Paris 19th-century French painters French male painters Burials at the Cemetery of Saint-Louis, Versailles 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub