Louis Hersent
(1777–1860) French painter (1777-1860)
Louis Hersent (France, 1777–1860) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Louis Hersent belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Louis Hersent was born in Paris and died in Paris. Louis Hersent trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Louis Hersent worked in Paris. Louis Hersent became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Prix de Rome. The students included Charles Gleyre, Hippolyte Flandrin, Constant Dutilleux, and Théophile Vauchelet.
One of the best-known works is ‘Fénélon returns a Stolen Cow to a Peasant’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 19 works by Louis Hersent with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1854. Works by Louis Hersent are held by several collections, among them Musée de l'Histoire de France, Département des peintures du Louvre, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Nationalmuseum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pierre Révoil, Alphonse Giroux, René Théodore Berthon, Auguste de Forbin, and Thomas Christopher Hofland.