Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, also known as Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson or simply Girodet, was a French painter and pupil of Jacques-Louis David, who participated in the early Romantic movement
Self-portrait, 1790
Signature d'Anne Louis Girodet 1799
Scene from a Deluge (Une scène de déluge), 1806, Louvre, Paris
The Sleep of Endymion (Le Sommeil d'Endymion or Effet de lune), 1791, Louvre
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Bri
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
…prize. In 1808 he produced the Reddition de Vienne and Atala au tombeau, a work which won immense popularity, by its fortunate choice of subject – François-René de Chateaubriand's novel Atala, first published in 1801 – and its remarkable departure from the theatricality of Girodet's usual manner. He would return to his theatrical…
Portrait of Chateaubriand by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, 1809
The Château de Combourg, where Chateaubriand spent his childhood
Young Chateaubriand, by Anne-Louis Girodet (c. 1790)
Chateaubriand in the army of Condé