Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine

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Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine, Portrait of French archaeologist Alexandre Lenoir, 19th century. Musée national des Monuments Français, Paris, France

Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine (1777, Paris - 1 December 1860, Paris) was a French painter. After a long illness he re-established himself as a bronze sculptor.

Life

The son of Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Delafontaine and Marie-Louise de La Brière, he studied under David. He exhibited at the Paris Salons 1798 and 1799. According to the Salon catalogues, he lived at 123 rue Saint-Honoré, in the Hôtel d'Aligre. On 23 June 1800 he married Émilie-Claude Herbillon from the Pont-sur-Seine.

Works

Paris, Hôtel de la Monnaie, Portrait of the engraver Bertrand Andrieu.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Portrait of Alexandre Lenoir, curator of the Musée des Monuments français (1761–1839), before the tomb of Francis I of France at the museum .
Versailles, Musée national du château de Versailles et de Trianon, Portrait of Marie-François-Xavier Bichat, doctor and anatomist (1771–1802) near the antique bust of the chirurgien anatomiste De Sault

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Name	Delafontaine
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Short description	French painter
Date of birth	1777
Place of birth
Date of death	1 December 1860
Place of death

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