Antoine-Jean Gros

(1771–1835) French painter of historical subjects (1771–1835)

Antoine-Jean Gros (France, 1771–1835) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Antoine-Jean Gros belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Antoine-Jean Gros was born in Paris and died in Meudon. Antoine-Jean Gros trained at Collège des Quatre-Nations, Beaux-Arts de Paris, and University of Paris. Antoine-Jean Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David. Antoine-Jean Gros worked in Paris, Genoa, Milan, and Paris. Wikidata associates Antoine-Jean Gros with Neoclassicism and Pre-romanticism. Antoine-Jean Gros became a member of Institut de France and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Order of Saint Michael. The students included Charles-Philippe Larivière, Paul Huet, Joseph Beaume, and Léon Riesener.

The best-known works include ‘Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole’, ‘The Battle of Nazareth’, and ‘Bonaparte, Premier Consul’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 71 works by Antoine-Jean Gros with free images. The dated works span the years 1775–1850. Works by Antoine-Jean Gros are held by several collections, among them Musée de l'Histoire de France, Département des peintures du Louvre, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Musée des Augustins. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include John William Lewin, Johannes Jelgerhuis, François Gérard, Julie Charpentier, and Charles Dupaty.

• Romanticism
• Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa
• Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole
• Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau
• Bonaparte, Premier Consul
• Porträtt av Madame Récamier
• Equestrian portrait of Joachim Murat
• The Battle of the Pyramids