Louis-Philippe Crépin
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The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
naval painter, 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...
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Crépin was notably a pupil of Joseph Vernet and Hubert Robert
Hubert Robert
Hubert Robert , French artist, was born in Paris.His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville a leading diplomat from Lorraine...
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His Combat de la Bayonnaise contre l'Ambuscade, 1798, depicting the Action of 14 December 1798
Action of 14 December 1798
The Action of 14 December 1798 was a naval skirmish between the 32-gun British frigate, HMS Ambuscade, and the French 24-gun corvette Bayonnaise...
, is one of the main exhibits of the Musée national de la Marine
Musée national de la Marine
The Musée national de la Marine is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort , Toulon and Saint-Tropez...
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