Jean-Baptiste Debret
(1768–1848) French painter (1768–1848)
Jean-Baptiste Debret (France, 1768–1848) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jean-Baptiste Debret belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean-Baptiste Debret was born in Paris and died in Paris. Jean-Baptiste Debret trained at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Beaux-Arts de Paris, and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Jean-Baptiste Debret studied under Jacques-Louis David. Wikidata associates Jean-Baptiste Debret with Neoclassicism. The awards include Prix de Rome and chevalier de l'ordre impérial de la Croix du Sud. The students included Francisco Pedro do Amaral, Augusto Müller, and Rosalie Grossard.
One of the best-known works is ‘Napoleon I decorated a soldier of the Russian army in Tilsitt with the cross of the Legion of Honor’. The catalogue has 250 works by Jean-Baptiste Debret with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1846. Works by Jean-Baptiste Debret are held by several collections, among them Brasiliana Iconográfica, National Library collection, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, and Brasiliana Itaú Collection.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henri-François Riesener, Marie-Nicole Dumont, Gottfried Mind, John Crome, and Marie-Guillemine Benoist.