Louis Godefroy Jadin

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Self-Portrait. Lithography published in L'Artiste in 1859.

Louis Godefroy Jadin (June 30, 1805, Paris - 1882, Paris) was a French painter specializing in animals and landscapes, especially known for having painted the hunts of Napoleon III and the dogs of the high society of the Second Empire. His father was the composer Louis-Emmanuel Jadin.

In painting and engraving, a student of

Tuileries
with hunting scenes.

Jadin won two medals of the third class, in 1834 and 1855, a medal of the second class in 1840, and a medal of the first class in 1848. He was made chevalier of the

Légion d'honneur in 1854.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Perkins, C. C.; Champlin, J. D. Cyclopedia of Painters and Painting, Vol. 2, Part 2. pp. 328–329.
  2. ^ Beaux-Arts, Gazette des (1882). le chronique des arts et de le curiosite. p. 186.

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