Hippolyte Flandrin

Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (23 March 1809 – 21 March 1864) was a French Neoclassical painter. His most celebrated work, Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer ("Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea"), from 1836, is held in the Louvre.

Hippolyte Flandrin
Hippolyte Flandrin in a photograph by Charles Reutlinger (c.1860)
Born(1809-03-23)23 March 1809
Lyon, France
Died21 March 1864(1864-03-21) (aged 54)
Rome, Italy
NationalityFrench
EducationPupil of Louis Hersent, after of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Known forPainting
Notable workJeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer (1836)
MovementNeoclassicism
AwardsPrix de Rome (1832)
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