Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin
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He especially painted navy scenes, and was a pupil of Girodet-Trioson. Gudin was one of the first Peintres de la Marine
Peintre de la Marine
Peintre de la Marine is a title awarded by the minister of defence in France to artists who have devoted their talents to the sea, the French Navy and other maritime subjects...
, at the court of Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III.
Gudin died at Boulogne-sur-Seine in 1880.