About Bernard Gaillot
Lived 1780 – 1847 (aged 67). Bernard Gaillot was a French painter.
Bernard Gaillot, a French historical painter, born at Versailles in 1780, was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David.
He died in Paris in 1847.
His principal pictures are:
Cornelia. 1817. St. Martin. (Val-de-Grâce, Paris.) Conversion of St. Augustine. 1819. (Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris.) Dream of St. Monica. 1822. (The same) St. Louis visiting the Holy Sepulchre. (Sacristy of St. Denis.) St. Louis bearing the Crown of Thorns. 1824. (Palais synodal, Sens.) Holy Angels. 1824. (In a Chapel at Lille) Dream of St. Joseph. 1824. (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris.) The Assumption. 1827. (The town of Eu.) Christ blessing little Children. 1831.
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Who was Bernard Gaillot?
French painter (1780–1847)
When was Bernard Gaillot born?
Bernard Gaillot was born on 17 February 1780 in Versailles.
When did Bernard Gaillot die?
Bernard Gaillot died on 17 June 1847 in Paris.
What was Bernard Gaillot's occupation?
Bernard Gaillot was a painter.
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Bernard Gaillot was French.
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