Léon Cogniet ✓ Source-based rising French painter (1794-1880)
Fame 54.0
Momentum 7.1
Languages 26
Peak 1880s
In century #3,192
Léon Cogniet was a French history and portrait painter. He is probably best remembered as a teacher, with more than one hundred students, some of them notable.
Awards 4 Officer of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Prix de Rome for painting
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
About this person Country
France
Dates
Lived 1794 to 1880 · aged 86
Written about in
26 languages
Score breakdown Momentum 7
Historical 21
Attention shift 33
Source confidence 60
Completeness 70
Through time 19th century
1800 1900 2010
#3,192
of 60,202 in the 19th century
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