Nicolas Gosse


Nicolas Louis François Gosse was a French historical painter.

Biography

Gosse was born in Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and under Vincent, and became a skilled representative of the academic style prevailing in his earlier period. His principal works include: :File:Nicolas Gosse - Napoleon receives the Queen of Prussia at Tilsit, July 6, 1807.jpg|Napoleon I and Queen Louise at Tilsit, :File:Entrevue Erfurt by Nicolas Grosse.jpg|Meeting of Napoleon and Alexander of Russia at Erfurt, and “Louis Philippe Declining the Crown of Belgium Offered to His Son,” all now housed in the Historical Museum at Versailles; and “Entry of the Duke of Angoulême into Madrid,” a wall painting in the Hôtel de Ville, Paris.