Taillasson was born in Bordeaux. He trained in Paris as a pupil of Vien, a neo-classical artist, who also taught David. Taillasson became a member of the Academy in 1784. He painted mostly subject pictures based on ancient history and regularly exhibited at the Salon in Paris.
Jean-Joseph Taillasson
1745 - 1809
Paintings by Jean-Joseph Taillasson
The poet Virgil is depicted reading the closing lines of Book VI of his epic poem the Aeneid to the Emperor Augustus and his sister Octavia. The words of the text are legible on his scroll. He describes Aeneas’ journey into the underworld, where the Trojan hero meets great Romans from the future....
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