Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy (1767-1824), Attributed to - El Bautismo

Great drawing, made with lead pencil, chalk, and charcoal, titled "The Baptism". Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy, called Girodet-Trioson (Montargis, Loiret, January 5, 1767 - Paris, December 9, 1824), was a French painter, pupil of Jacques-Louis David. His style prefigures Romanticism by adding elements of eroticism to his paintings, although in some of his works he shows his inclination toward the classicism of his master. He is remembered for his precise and clear style, and also for painting members of the Napoleonic family. His name also appears as Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Triosson, Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, or, simply, Louis Girodet.