Georges Rouget
Georges Rouget (26 August 1783 – 9 April 1869) was a neoclassical French painter. Life. After studying in the École des Beaux-Arts, Rouget entered David's studio in 1797 and rapidly became his favorite student. Rouget began his professional career as his master's main assistant until David's exile to Brussels, collaborating with him on the canvases "Bonaparte at the Grand-Saint-Bernard", "The Coronation of Napoleon" (of which he made a copy signed by David), "Leonidas at Thermopylae" and on one of the three copies of the "Portrait of Pope Pius VII". Though he won the  second prize in the Prix de Rome contest in 1803, he failed three times to win the first prize. He produced many canvases for the First French Empire and the Bonapartes, such as "The Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise" in 1811. His career spanned several regimes, and he produced numerous paintings of great moments in French history, often at the behest of the government. Many of his paintings adorned the Musée de Versailles opened by Louis-Philippe in 1837.