Antoine Noël Benoît Graincourt [1] (1748–1823) [2] was a French painter and miniaturist. [3] He was born in Corbie, Picardy in the Somme Valley on March 17, 1748 [3] but moved away from his home region to Paris, [4] where he trained under Gabriel François and Pierre Doyen [3] and received a stipend from the Cardinal of Luynes. [5] He painted portraits of famous French military and naval figures [6] both contemporary and from the recent past, including René Duguay-Trouin and François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault. He died in Champeaux [7] on December 26, 1823. [3]
Antoine Noël Benoît Graincourt [1] (1748–1823) [2] was a French painter and miniaturist. [3] He was born in Corbie, Picardy in the Somme Valley on March 17, 1748 [3] but moved away from his home region to Paris, [4] where he trained under Gabriel François and Pierre Doyen [3] and received a stipend from the Cardinal of Luynes. [5] He painted portraits of famous French military and naval figures [6] both contemporary and from the recent past, including René Duguay-Trouin and François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault. He died in Champeaux [7] on December 26, 1823. [3]