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Last Name Moreau

Given Name Jean Michel

alt. Names J. M. M. ; Moreau le jeune ;

Marriage Françoise Nicole Pineau in 1765

Children daughter

Year born 1741 in Paris

Year died 1814

Place of death Paris

Father's occupation

Relatives brother: Louis Gabriel Moreau; grandson: Hor. Vernet; wife's uncle: Laurent François Prault, publisher.

Education

Country of Activity France

Worked for astronomer and explorer Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (1722-1769): Voyage Sibérie (1768) ; Buffon ; Œuvres complètes de Voltaire ;

Patronage St Petersburg Academy ; dessinateur du Roi at Louvre, Paris ;

Collaborators Jean-Baptiste le Prince ; Caresme de Fécamp ; engraver Le Bas ;

Techniques astronomical, natural, animal, and landscape drawing, painting, and etching

Sample(s) www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/jm_moreau.php

Archival sources Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Louvre & bib. Ecole Ponts et Chaussées, Paris

Published sources AKL ; Pinault 1991: 73 & 173 ; Pinault et al. 1984: 26 & 77f. ;

other Further Places of Activity: Russia (St Petersburg 1758-9) and Italy. Mostly known for genre scenes.

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