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| Baron Antoine-Jean Gros
(1771 - 1835)
| Timeline |
| 1771 |
Born 16 March in Paris |
| 1785 |
Enters the studio of David as student |
| 1787 |
Enters the Académie |
| 1793 |
Travels to Italy |
| 1796 |
Meets Napoleon and is appointed his official battle painter |
| 1808 |
Made chevalier of the Legion of Honour |
| 1811 |
Awarded the commission of the Pantheon dome |
| 1814 |
Appointed an official portraitist of Louis XVIII |
| 1815 |
Elected to the Institut |
| 1816 |
Succeeds David as professeur at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts |
| 1824 |
Created baron by Charles X for his work on the Pantheon dome |
| 1835 |
Commits suicide 26 June in Meudon |
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