Philippe-Auguste Hennequin [SEP] place of birth
Philippe-Auguste Hennequin
Philippe-Auguste Hennequin (Lyon, 10 August 1762 — Leuze-en-Hainaut, near Tournai, 12 May 1833) was a French history painter and portraitist.
A student of the Swede Per Eberhard Cogell (1734–1812) in Lyon, then in Paris a student of David, he then went to Rome thanks to an English patron, but was forced to leave the city due to the anti-French riots of 1793. Under the First French Empire he produced large historical compositions, such
Hennequin
Hennequin is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Hennequin (1842–1887), Belgian dramatist
- Benjamin Hennequin (born 1984), French weightlifter
- Denis Hennequin (born 1958), French businessman
- Philippe-Auguste Hennequin (1762–1833), French painter
- Victor Hennequin, French medium
See also.
- Point Hennequin, headland of Antarctica