Antoine Graincourt

Who was Antoine Graincourt?

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