Jean-Adrien Guignet

Jean-Adrien Guignet (1816 – 1854) was a French orientalist painter.^[1]

Jean-Adrien Guignet. Self-portrait. Musée Rolin

Guignet was born in Annecy and grew up in the city of Autun. He was a friend of Hippolyte Michaud. He was a rather popular orientalist painter in his time, and was especially commanded for his Egyptian scenes. He died in Paris.

Works

Musée des beaux-arts de Beaune

• Soldat gaulois (circa 1854)
• Agar et Ismaël

Musée du Louvre

• Cambise et Psamménite
• Épisode de la retraite des Dix-Mille (circa 1842)

Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen

• Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon

Musée Rolin

• Xerxes à l'Hellespont
• Autoportrait ("Self-portrait")

Gallery

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  Joseph expliquant les rêves du pharaon, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen
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  Retreat of the Ten Thousand, at the Battle of Cunaxa
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  Xerxes at the Hellespont
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  Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III after the Battle of Pelusium. Louvre Museum.^[2]