Bernard Gaillot

Bernard Gaillot, a French historical painter, born at Versailles in 1780, was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He died in Paris in 1847. His principal pictures are: Cornelia. 1817. St. Martin. (Val-de-Grâce, Paris.) Conversion of St. Augustine. 1819. (Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris.) Dream of St. Monica. 1822. (The same) St. Louis visiting the Holy Sepulchre. (Sacristy of St. Denis.) St. Louis bearing the Crown of Thorns. 1824. (Palais synodal, Sens.) Holy Angels. 1824. (In a Chapel at Lille) Dream of St. Joseph. 1824. (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris.) The Assumption. 1827. (The town of Eu.) Christ blessing little Children. 1831.