Alfred Bruyas

Alfred Bruyas
Portrait of Alfred Bruyas, Gustave Courbet, 1854
Born
Jacques Louis Bruyas

(1821-08-15)15 August 1821
Montpellier, France
Died1 January 1877(1877-01-01) (aged 55)
Montpellier, France

Jacques Louis Bruyas (15 August 1821 – 1 January 1877), known as Alfred Bruyas (French pronunciation: [alfʁɛd bʁɥijas]), was a French art collector and a personal friend of many important artists of his time, among them Gustave Courbet and Alexandre Cabanel. He donated his collection to the Musée Fabre, in Montpellier.

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