See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

MARIUS See also:

• FRANCOIS MARIUS GRANET (1777-1849)

GRANET (1777-1849)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AIX

Aix in See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence, on the 17th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1777; his See also:

• FATHER

father was a small builder . The boy's strong desires led his parents to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place him—after some preliminary teaching from a passing See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian artist—in a See also:

• FREE

free school of See also:

• ART

art directed by M . Constantin, a landscape painter of some reputation . In 1793 See also:

• GRANET, FRANCOIS MARIUS (1777-1849)

Granet followed the See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers of Aix to the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• TOULON

Toulon, at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of which he obtained employment as a decorator in the See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal . Whilst a lad he had, at Aix, made the acquaintance of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• FORBIN, CLAUDE DE (1656—1733)

Forbin, and upon his invitation Granet, in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1797, went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . De Forbin was one of the pupils of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, and Granet entered the same studio . Later he got See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a See also:

• CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell in the See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of See also:

• CAPUCHINS

Capuchins, which, having served for a manufactory of See also:

• ASSIGNATS (from Lat. assignatus, assigned)

assignats during the Revolution, was afterwards inhabited almost exclusively by artists . In the changing See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights and shadows of the corridors of the Capuchins, Granet found the materials for that one picture to the See also:

• PAINTING

painting of which, with varying success, he devoted his See also:

• LIFE

life . In 1802 he See also:

• LEFT

left Paris for See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he remained until 1819, when he returned to Paris, bringing with him besides various other See also:

• WORKS

works one of fourteen repetitions of his celebrated Choeur See also:

• DES

des Capucins, executed in 1811 . The figures of the monks celebrating See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass are taken in this subject as a substantive See also:

• PART

part of the architectural effect, and this is the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case with all Granet's works, even with those in which the figure subject would seem to assert its importance, and its See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical or romantic See also:

• INTEREST

interest . " Stella painting a Madonna on his See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

Prison See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

Wall," 1810 (Leuchtenberg collection); " See also:

• SODOMA, IL (1477-1549)

Sodoma a 1'hopital," 1815 (Louvre); " Basilique basse de St See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois d'See also:

• ASSISE (from the Fr., derived from Lat. assidere, to sit beside)

Assise," 1823 (Louvre); " Rachat de prisonniers," 1831 (Louvre); " Mort de Poussin," 1834 (See also:

• VILLA

Villa Demidoff, See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence), are among his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal works; all are marked by the same peculiarities, everything is sacrificed to See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone . In 1819 See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis Philippe decorated Granet, and after-wards named him See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier de 1'Ordre St See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel, and Conservateur des tableaux de See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles (1826) .

He became member of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute in 183o; but in spite of these honours, and the ties which See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound him to M. de Forbin, then director of the Louvre, Granet constantly returned to Rome . After 1848 he retired to Aix, immediately lost his wife, and died himself on the 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1849 . He bequeathed to his native See also:

• TOWN

town the greater part of his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune and all his collections, now exhibited in the Musee, together with a very See also:

• FINE

fine portrait of the donor painted by See also:

• INGRES, JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE (178o-1867)

Ingres in 1811 .