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'''Guillaume-Désiré-Joseph Descamps''' (1779–1858), a French painter and engraver, was born at [[Lille]]. He was a pupil of [[François-André Vincent]], but, obtaining the |
'''Guillaume-Désiré-Joseph Descamps''' (1779–1858), a French painter and engraver, was born at [[Lille]]. He was a pupil of [[François-André Vincent]], but, obtaining the |
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Guillaume-Désiré-Joseph Descamps (1779–1858), a French painter and engraver, was born at Lille. He was a pupil of François-André 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. Andrė, 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.