Louis Ducis

Louis Ducis, Bianca Cappello Fleeing with Her Lover

Louis Ducis (14 July 1775, Versailles - 2 March 1847, Paris) was a French painter and student of Jacques-Louis David.

Biography

Louis Ducis was instructed by David, whom he partly imitated in his historical pieces, besides which he devoted himself also to genre and portrait painting. His 'Mary Stuart' and 'The Début of Talma' were formerly in the Luxembourg Gallery. He died in 1847.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "DUCIS, Louis" 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.