François-Léon Benouville

François-Léon Benouville
Born(1821-03-30)30 March 1821
Paris
Died16 February 1859(1859-02-16) (aged 37)
Paris
EducationÉcole des Beaux-Arts
MovementNeoclassical, Orientalist
AwardsPrix de Rome (1845); Prix des Beaux Arts (1845) with Alexandre Cabanel

François-Léon Benouville (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa leɔ̃ bənuvil]; Paris 30 March 1821 – 16 February 1859 Paris) was a French painter noted for his Neoclassical religious compositions and for painting Orientalist subjects.

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