Jean-Louis Bezard was a french artist.
Jean-Louis Bezard is known as a religious painter. He was a student at the School of Fine Arts in Paris of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin and François-Édouard Picot. He won the second prize in the Prix de Rome competition in 1825 and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1829 for a painting on the theme of Jacob refusing to deliver Benjamin.
After his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, he pursued a career as a painter of history and religious subjects. He produced a series of paintings commissioned by King Louis-Philippe to decorate the Museum of French History in Versailles, including three portraits of kings of France.
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Jean-Louis Bezard (French, 1799–1881)
Jean-Louis Bezard (French, 1799–1881)
Jean-Louis Bezard (French, 1799–1881)
Jean-Louis Bezard (French, 1799–1881)
Jean-Louis Bezard (French, 1799–1881)