Clément Boulanger
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For the Canadian clergyman, see Clément Boulanger (Jesuit priest)
Clément Boulanger (Jesuit priest)
Clément Boulanger was a Jesuit priest who was notable in Canadian history.Boulanger was a young priest when the Society of Jesus was re-established in France. He joined the Jesuits in 1823 and by 1842 he was made provincial of the Jesuits in France...

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Clément Boulanger, who was born at Paris in 1805, studied under Ingres
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest...

, and died in 1842 at Manisa
Manisa
Manisa is a large city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province.Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port city and the regional metropolitan center of İzmir and by its fertile hinterland rich in...

 (Magnesia) in Asia Minor
Anatolia
Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

. His pictures are chiefly historical, but he also painted landscapes and portraits. The following are some of the principal:
  • Bordeaux. Museum.
Portrait of Cardinal Donnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux. 1839.
The Vintage of Médoc.

  • Lille. Museum
    Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
    The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is one of the largest museums in France, and the largest French museum outside of Paris....

    . Procession of the Corpus Domini (signed and dated ROMAE 1830).
  • Nantes. Museum
    Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
    The Fine arts Museum of Nantes is an art museum in Nantes, France.The museum was created in 1801 with the purchase of the Cacault collection and was located in is actual Palais des Beaux-Arts since 1900....

    . Procession of the 'Ardents.' 1842.
  • Toulouse. Museum
    Musée des Augustins
    The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century...

    . Procession of the 'Gargouille' at Rouen. 1837.
  • Versailles. Gallery
    Palace of Versailles
    The Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles....

    . Entry of the French Army into Moutiers.
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