François Guillaume Ménageot

François Guillaume Ménageot, born in London on July 9, 1744 and died in Paris on October 4, 1816, was a French painter. He studied first with his father, a famous art dealer, then with Joseph-Marie Vien and François Boucher. He won the Premier Prix de peinture in 1766 and left for Rome in November 1769. Ill during his stay, he produced few works. He returned to France in July 1774. Ménageot was preferred to David as director of the Académie de France, where he was appointed in 1787. His directorship ended in 1792. In 1789, he remained a monarchist and took refuge in Vicenza, where he remained until 1800, awaiting the end of the revolutionary turmoil. During this time, the Palazzo Mancini was sacked by the Romans and the fellows were forced to flee. Ménageot returned to France in 1802, by then sufficiently esteemed to be included in Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun's list of the ten best French painters, commissioned by Lucien Bonaparte.

1787-1792