page_title: Benoît Chassériau
hierarchical_section_title: Benoît Chassériau
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Benoît Chassériau by Théodore Chassériau, 1832 (Musée du Louvre) Before being French consul in the Caribbean, Chassériau has been Minister of the Interior of Cartagena, Colombia and a Patriotic combatant during Colombia's war of independence.
context_page_description: Benoît Chassériau was a French diplomat, French spy and Minister of the Interior of Cartagena, Colombia, comrade in arms of Simón Bolívar. He was the father of the artist Théodore Chassériau.
context_section_description: Benoît Chassériau (also known as Benito Chassériau or Chasserieux; 19 August 1780 – 27 September 1844) was a French diplomat, French spy and Minister of the Interior of Cartagena, Colombia, comrade in arms of Simón Bolívar. He was the father of the artist Théodore Chassériau.
caption: Portrait of Benoit Chassériau in 1832 by Théodore Chassériau – Louvre Museum, Paris
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