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3 unusual facts about Édouard Pingret


Édouard Pingret

He was born at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, the son of a middle-class family in a mainly agricultural region, but also home to the celebrated General Cambronne and to illustrious notaries and Normandy judges.

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He produced outstanding portraits, including those of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1808) in France and General Mariano Arista (1851; Mexico City, Mus. N. Hist.).

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A fine example of his portrait work can be found in the collection of the Yuko Nii Foundation in Brooklyn, New York.



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