Jacques-François Amand

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Jacques-François Amand (1730–1769) was a French painter of historical subjects.

Amand was born at Gault, near Blois, in 1730. He studied under Pierre L'Enfant. In 1755 he was awarded the Prix de Rome for his Samson and Delilah; he afterwards exhibited at the Salon numerous subjects from ancient history and mythology. He also engraved several of his own compositions. He died at Paris, in 1769.

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This article incorporates text from the article "AMAND, Jacques François" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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Name	Amand, Jacques Francois
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Short description	French painter
Date of birth	1730
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Date of death	1769
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