1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Boulanger

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BOULANGER, the name of several French artists:—Jean (1606–1660), a pupil of Guido Reni at Bologna, who had an academy at Modena; his cousin Jean (1607–1680), a celebrated line-engraver; the latter’s son Matthieu, another engraver; Louis (1806–1867), a subject-painter, the friend of Victor Hugo, and director of the imperial school of art at Dijon; the best-known, Gustave Rodolphe Clarence (1824–1888), a pupil of Paul Delaroche, a notable painter of Oriental and Greek and Roman subjects, and a member of the Institute (1882); and Clément (1805–1842), a pupil of Ingres.