Paris 1821 - Paris 1859. was a French painter. Leon Benouville first studied with his elder brother Jean-Achille Benouville (1815-1891) in the studio of François-Edouard Picot before he transferred to Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1837. Like his brother he received the Prix de Rome in 1845. In Rome, as a Prix de Rome pensionary at the Villa Medici, he stayed with his brother and met the sculptor Charles Gumery.  Related Paintings of Leon Benouville :. | Portrait of Leconte de Floris in an Egyptian Army Uniform | Portrait of Leconte de Floris in an Egyptian Army Uniform | The Wrath of Achilles | Odaliske or Esther | Odaliske or Esther |
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CLEVE, Cornelis van
Flemish painter, Antwerp school (b. 1520, Antwerpen, d. after 1570, Antwerpen).
BECCARUZZI, Francesco
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WILLAERTS, Adam
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