Pierre Bouillon

"L'Enfant et la Fortune" by Bouillon, 1801

Pierre Bouillon (1776–October 15, 1831) was a French painter and engraver. Born at Thiviers, he studied with the Académie-trained history painter Nicolas-André Monsiau.^[1] He was awarded the grand prize of the Institut de France in July, 1797.^[2] His drawing of Laocoön and His Sons was the basis of Charles Clément Bervic's celebrated print of the statue.^[3]

References

1. Bryan, Michael (1886). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical. London: George Bell. p. 167.
2. "Proceedings of the Late Quarterly Sitting of the National Institute of France". The Monthly Magazine, or British Register 4: 283. 1798.
3. Dyce Collection: A Catalogue. Science and Art Department, South Kensington Museum. London: George Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1874. p. 256.