GBB-F-000470-0000 1865 ca, Paris, FRANCE: The french painter of Romanticism and Neoclassicism LEON COGNIET (1794 - 1880). Historical and portrait painter. In 1812, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under Pierre-Narcisse Guerin at the same time as Delacroix and Gericault. n 1817 he won the Prix de Rome and was a resident at the Villa Medici from 1817 to 1822. At first he painted in classical style, but later adopted the methods of the Romanticists Credit: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari WARNING: Permission must be required for non editorial use. Please contact Alinari Archives Photographer: Disderi Collection: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari Object type: digital image Photographic technique: P digital image Technical info Image sizes (pixel): 4102 X 6969 Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi): 34 X 59 Image sizes (MB): 8.12 Color space: RGB