Georges Rouget

Marie-Georges-Louis Rouget (26 August 1783 – 9 April 1869) was a French neoclassical painter.

After studying in the École des Beaux-Arts, Rouget entered David's studio in 1797 and rapidly became his favorite student.

Rouget began his professional career as his master's main assistant until David's exile to Brussels, collaborating with him on the canvases Bonaparte at the Grand-Saint-Bernard, The Coronation of Napoleon (of which he made a copy signed by David), Leonidas at Thermopylae and on one of the three copies of the Portrait of Pope Pius VII.

He produced many canvases for the First French Empire and the Bonapartes, such as The Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1811.

His career spanned several regimes, and he produced numerous paintings of great moments in French history, often at the behest of the government.