Sébastien-Melchior Cornu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French painter
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Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Sébastien-Melchior Cornu
- Sébastien-Melchior Cornu, a French historical painter, was born at Lyons in 1804.
- He first studied under Richard and Bonnefond, and then went to Paris and entered the studio of Ingres.
- There are by him at Versailles the 'Surrender of Ascalon to Baldwin III,' and the 'Battle of Oued-Halleg'.
- He continued the decorative works at St.
- Germain-des-Prés after the death of Flandrin, and died at Longpont (Seine-et-Oise) in 1870.
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