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"title": "French Painting 1774 - 1830: The Age of Revolution",
"description": "French Painting 1774 - 1830: The Age of Revolution. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (co-organizer) (November 15, 1974-February 3, 1975); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (co-organizer) (March 10-May 4, 1975); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (co-organizer) (June 12-September 7, 1975).",
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"title": "Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics, 1820-1840",
"description": "Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics, 1820-1840. Tate Britain, London (organizer) (February 6-May 11, 2003); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (June 1-August 31, 2003); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (September 29, 2003-January 4, 2004).",
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"description": "Paris, Mus\u00e9e Royal des Arts. Salon (1824), no. 820, Portrait de M. le comte Chaptal, pair de France.",
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"description": "Paris, \u00c9cole Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Portraits du si\u00e8cle (1883), no. 119, Le comte Chaptal, 1.30 x 1.18 cm, collection du comte Chaptal.",
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"description": "Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts. Exposition David et ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves (1913), no. 174, Portrait du Comte Jean-Antoine Chaptal, chimiste, 1.48 x 1.17, appartient \u00e0 M. le Comte Chaptal.",
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"description": "Paris, Petit Palais. Gros, ses amis, ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves (1936), no. 90, Portrait du Comte Chaptal, \u00e0 Mlle Chaptal.",
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"description": "New York, Jacques Seligmann & Co.; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; cma. Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835); Painter of Battles. The First Romantic Painter (1955-56), no. 3, lent by private collection, Paris (repr.).",
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"description": "Kansas City, Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum. Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition (1958), in Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin 1 (December 1958), no. 7, lent by Jacques Seligmann & Co.",
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"description": "cma 1963. No. 72 (repr.)",
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"description": "Paris, Grand Palais; Detroit Institute of Arts; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. French Painting 1774-1830: The Age of Revolution (1974-75), no. 91 (repr.), 275.",
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"description": "Tate Britain (2/6/2003 - 5/11/2003), Minneapolis Institute of Arts (6/1/2003 - 8/31/2003 ) and Metropolitan Museum of Art (9/29/2003 - 1/4/2004): \"Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics\", exh. cat. #103, p. 186.",
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"description": "Count Chaptal (1756-1832) played a major role in the development of industry after the French Revolution. He adapted scientific discoveries to public works projects, and as interior minister, he reformed transportation, public health, and vocational training in France. The portrait extols his career, marked by stacked filing boxes in the background, as well as the honors he wears, from the silk sash of the scientific Order of Saint Michel to the Legion of Honor medal pinned over his heart.",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry S. \u201cTwo Portraits by Aved and Gros.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 8 (October 1964): 196\u2013205.",
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"citation": "\u201cYear in Review for 1964.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 10 (December 1964): 236\u2013266.",
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"citation": "\u201cAnnual Report for 1964.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 6 (June 1965): 141\u2013166.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
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"citation": "Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.",
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"biography": "Antoine-Jean Gros's parents, who were both miniaturists, taught their son painting at an early age. He also pursued his education with Elisabeth-Louise Vig\u00e9e Le Brun (1755-1842), David (q.v.), whose studio he entered in 1785, and at the Acad\u00e9mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture two years later. Discouraged by his unsuccessful attempt for the Prix de Rome in 1792 and following his father's death, he ended his studies and supported himself by portrait painting. David helped him secure a passport and Gros left for Italy in 1793. In Genoa he met Jos\u00e9phine de Beauharnais, who later introduced him to Napoleon Bonaparte in Milan. There Gros made a study of him for his painting Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, 17 November 1796 (1796, Mus\u00e9e du Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles; Salon 1801). This work established his reputation, and he was given a position on the committee responsible for removing artwork from Italy for the Louvre. When Napoleon left for Egypt, Genoa came under Austrian control and Gros was forced to stay for two months during the siege. After the city was evacuated, Gros returned to Paris in 1800 and continued to receive commissions from Bonaparte to paint contemporary military victories. He also painted portraits of members of the military and high society. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, he was made portrait painter to Louis XVIII. Within two years he was appointed professor at the \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts, replacing the exiled David. In almost two decades as a teacher, Gros had hundreds of pupils, and thus was, besides David, one of the most influential artists of his time. While continuing to paint scenes from contemporary history, he also attempted to make mythological and allegorical compositions, but these works received little critical acclaim. Gros was awarded the title of baron by Charles X and asked to paint several ceilings in the galleries at the Louvre. His work, however, began to be perceived as outmoded, and his criticism of Ingres's influence within the \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts added to his unpopularity. When his final effort for a classical comeback at the Salon of 1835 was heavily criticized, Gros drowned himself in the Seine.",
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