Bénigne Gagneraux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bénigne Gagneraux

French painter

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1756

Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 18-Aug-1795

Profession: engraver, painter, etcher, printmaker, drawer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Bénigne Gagneraux (1756 at Dijon – 1795), was first instructed in the school at Dijon under François Devosge, from whence he proceeded to Rome, where he acquired a reputation by his picture of the Meeting of Gustavus III.
of Sweden with Pope Pius VI., which is now in the King's Palace at Stockholm.
In the Dijon Museum are pictures of Soranus and Servilius, Battle of Senef, Passage of the Rhine by the French Army under Condé, a Bacchanal, a Cavalry Charge, and a Triumph of Neptune.
Owing to the disturbances in Rome he quit that city, and retired to Florence, where he died in 1795.
In the Uffizi at Florence are his own portrait, a Battle Scene, and a Lion Hunt.



Description	French-Italian painter, drawer, printmaker, engraver and etcher
Date of birth/death	24 September 1756	18 August 1795
Location of birth/death	Dijon	Florence
Work period	neoclassicism era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location	Italy; Dijon (1776); Rome (1776–1793); Florence (1793–1795)
Authority control	: Q12058236 VIAF: 15045216 ISNI: 0000 0000 6660 5978 ULAN: 500026871 LCCN: n83319338 WGA: GAGNERAUX, Bénigne WorldCat