Guillaume Descamps

Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, 1817

Guillaume-Désiré-Joseph Descamps, a painter and engraver, was born at Lille in 1779. He was a pupil of Vincent, but, obtaining the "prix de Rome," he improved himself by travelling in Italy, and became court-painter of Murat in Naples. He died in Paris in 1858. The following paintings were executed by him:

• The Women of Sparta (in the Lille Museum). 1808.
• The Martyrdom of St. Andrew (in St. Andre, Lille).
• Murat on board the Ceres distributing Rewards (engraved hy himself).
• The Conversion of St. Augustine (in St. Eustache, Paris).
• The Apotheosis of Cardinal Tommasi (in San Martino di Monti, Rome).
• The Neapolitan Troops marching out against Capri.

As an engraver he also produced six plates from the 'Fable of Psyche.'

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "DESCAMPS, Guillaume Désiré Joseph". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1|]]