Jacques-François Amand

Jacques-François Amand, who was born at Gault, near Blois, in 1730, studied under Pierre, and became a good historical painter. In 1756 he gained the Prix de Rome for his 'Samson and Delilah;' he afterwards exhibited at the Salon numerous subjects from ancient history and mythology. He also engraved several of his own compositions. He died at Paris, in 1769.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "AMAND, Jacques François". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1|]]