Jean
Monje

France • 1746−1808

Biography and information

Franz. portrait, rod. in Paris in 1746, was in 1786 added to the local DCE. of arts in 1788, with the portraits of the sculptor and painter Briana Lagrenée the Elder (the last one is at the Paris school of fine arts) was elected as its full members. Appearing in Russia in the era of the French revolution, portraits of persons of the St. Petersburg high society; from 1802 he was a member of Emperor AKD. of arts and taught portraiture in her classes. Died in St. Petersburg in 1808