# Alexandre Menjaud

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[[File:Mort du duc de Berry, 13 février 1820.jpg|thumb|300px|''[The Death of the Duke of Berry](/source/The_Death_of_the_Duke_of_Berry)'', 1824. Exhibited at the [Salon of 1824](/source/Salon_of_1824)]]
thumb|300px|''Julius Sabinus and Epponina before Vespasian''
thumb|300px|''Henry IV and the Miller, Michaud''
'''Alexandre Menjaud''' (1773 – February 1832) was a French [history painter](/source/history_painter) in the [Troubadour style](/source/Troubadour_style). Most of his works were of very modest size.

==Biography==
He was born in Paris. He received his initial training from [Jean-Baptiste Regnault](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Regnault), who was a [Neoclassical](/source/Neoclassicism) painter. His first exhibition at the [Salon](/source/Salon_(Paris)) came in 1796 and he would continue to exhibit there until his death.

In 1802, he was awarded the [Prix de Rome](/source/Prix_de_Rome) for his depiction of [Julius Sabinus](/source/Julius_Sabinus) and Epponina before [Vespasian](/source/Vespasian). From 1802 to 1806, he is listed as a pensioner at the [Academy of France in Rome](/source/Academy_of_France_in_Rome), a period when young French artists were in a rather tenuous position due to the former occupation of Rome by the French Army.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.villamedici.it/en/residencies/alexandre-menjaud/|title=Alexandre Menjaud|website=Villa Medici}}</ref>

By 1808, when the French had occupied Rome again, he was back in Paris and presented a painting at the Salon that showed King [Henry IV](/source/Henry_IV_of_France) having a drink with a humble miller named Michaud. It was a great success and he subsequently focused on scenes from French, rather than Classical history.<ref name="L">{{cite web|url=https://lanouvelleathenes.fr/alexandre-menjaud-1773-1832/|title=Alexandre MENJAUD (1773-1832) - Galerie la Nouvelle Athènes|publisher=}}</ref> 
 
He received several commissions from the Imperial Family. After the [First Restoration](/source/First_Restoration), he created a series of works on the lives of the great artists, such as [Raphael](/source/Raphael) and [Tintoretto](/source/Tintoretto).<ref name="L" />

Menjaud died in Paris in 1832.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* France Nerlick, Alain Bonnet, ''Apprendre à peindre: les ateliers privés à Paris de 1780 à 1863'', Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, 2016, {{pp.|144-148}}.
* Martin Catherine, ''La peinture d'histoire en France sous la Restauration 1814-1830'', mémoire de DEA, université de Bordeaux III, 1999, ; Vol. No.&nbsp;1, {{pp.|20, 87}} ; Vol. No.&nbsp;2, {{pp.|24, 27-29}}.
* Denis Michel-Dansac, « Une famille chesnaysienne : les Menjaud », ''Les Annales du Chesnay'', 2006, No.&nbsp;20, {{pp.|31, 57, 69}}.

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