Jules-Claude Ziegler Explained

Jules-Claude Ziegler (1804-1856) was a French painter, ceramicist and photographer of the French school.

Ziegler was born in 1804 in Langres, Haute-Marne.[1] He was appointed knight of the Légion d'Honneur in 1825.[2] He was the pupil of Dominique Ingres and began to participate exhibitions at the Salon in 1832.[3]

The half-dome above the altar in the Église de la Madeleine is frescoed by Jules-Claude Ziegler.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gautier, Théophile . Théophile Gautier

    . Correspondance générale . 1 . Théophile Gautier . 1985 . 455 . French.

  2. Book: Villot, Frédéric . Notice des peintures, sculptures, gravures et lithographies de l'école moderne de France, exposées dans les galeries du musée impérial [-national] du Luxembourg . 40 . 1852 . French.
  3. Book: Delacroix, Eugène . Eugène Delacroix

    . Journal de Eugène Delacroix . 2 . 38 . Eugène Delacroix . 2008 . French.