François-Édouard Picot

François-Édouard Picot (French: [fʁɑ̃swa edwaʁ piko]; 10 October 1786 in Paris – 15 March 1868 in Paris) was a French painter during the July Monarchy, painting mythological, religious and historical subjects.

Born in Paris, Picot won the Prix de Rome painting scholarship in 1813,[1] and gained success at the 1819 Salon with his neoclassical L'Amour et Psyché (Louvre).

He painted The Crowning of the Virgin in the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette [2] and had large commissions for the Galerie des Batailles.

Elected to the Paris Academy in 1836, Picot was also created an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1832.

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