Théodore Gudin

Théodore Gudin
Théodore Gudin, photograph by Étienne Carjat (c.1865)
Born8 August 1802, 12 August 1802, 15 August 1802 
Died11 April 1880, 12 April 1880  (aged 77)
OccupationVisual artist 
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Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan teɔdɔʁ ɡydɛ̃]; 15 August 1802 – 11 April 1880) was a French marine painter and court painter to both king Louis Philippe and subsequently Emperor of the French Napoleon III. Along with Louis-Philippe Crépin, he became one of the first two official Peintres de la Marine in 1830.