Claude Gautherot

He was born and died in Paris.

He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, whose friendship involved him in the troubles of the Revolution.

Gautherot opened a school of design where the most noted artists studied under his direction.

His principal work, Napoleon haranguing his troops on the Bridge of the Lech at Augsburg, is at Versailles.

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