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Gros, Antoine Jean, Baron 1771-1835
French historical painter

Born in Paris, he studied under Jacques Louis David, and later travelled with Napoleon I's armies and acquired celebrity by his depictions of battles (1797-1811). His Charles V and Francis I (1812), Departure of Louis XVIII for Ghent (1815) and Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulęme (1815) combine Classicism and Romanticism. He subsequently attempted a return to Classicism, but found his work ignored and drowned himself in the Seine.