Jean-Baptiste Debret | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 July 1848 Paris, French Second Republic | (aged 80)
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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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.[1]