Jean Broc
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Jean Broc (1771–1850) was a French neoclassical painter. His most famous work, The Death of Hyacinthos, was completed and exhibited at the Salon in 1801.[1]
Hyacinthus was a young male beauty and lover of the god Apollo. One day, while playing with a discus, Hyachinthus was struck with the object and consequently died. The painting depicts Apollo's mourning for his dead lover. Some myths link a jealous Zephyr to the incident, blaming his jealousy of Hyacinthus for a gust of wind resulting in the youth's death.
Broc studied under Jacques-Louis David and is well known for the cultivation of the intellectual group known as Les Primitifs (a.k.a. Barbus or "The Bearded Ones").
References
- ^ Meslay, Olivier (2003). ""British Painting in France before 1802"". The British Art Journal. 4 (2): 3–19. JSTOR 41614454 – via JSTOR.
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- Media related to Jean Broc at Wikimedia Commons
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