Jean-Baptiste Debret
Jean-Baptiste Debret (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist dəbʁɛ]; 18 April 1768 – 28 June 1848) was a French painter, who produced many valuable lithographs depicting the people of Brazil. Debret won the second prize at the 1798 Salon des Beaux Arts.
Jean-Baptiste Debret | |
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Copy by Rodolfo Amoedo of an 1836 portrait by Manuel Porto-Alegre | |
| Born | 18 April 1768 Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 28 July 1848 (aged 80) Paris, French Second Republic |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Académie des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
| Awards | Prix de Rome Member of the Academie des Beaux Arts. |
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