Jean-Pierre Franque

Jean-Pierre Franque, born Francou (11 August 1774, Buis-les-Baronnies - 28 March 1860, Quintigny) was a French painter of portraits, historical events and mythological scenes.

Their artistic talents were noticed and encouraged by a local noblewoman so, in 1786, at the age of twelve, they were sent to Grenoble for their first lessons.

In 1802, he married the painter Lucile Messageot, another member of the group and the mother of his daughter, born in 1799 out of wedlock.

His most successful exhibit at the Salon came in 1812, with a depiction of the Second Battle of Zurich, commissioned by Marshal André Masséna.

[1] In the years that followed, he painted a series of works on mythological and biblical subjects, including a Conversion of Saint Paul (1819), which was reproduced at the Gobelins Manufactory.