Louis Hersent (Paris, March 10, 1777 - October 2, 1860) was a French painter. In 1798, seriously ill, he left Baron Jean-Baptiste Regnault’s studio. His parents put him into commerce where he lasted 18 months, painting on Sundays, until his kinsman, M. Crouzet, director of the military academy at St Cyr, gave him a post as drawing-master to the students.
[Musée du Louvre, Paris - Oil on canvas, 140 x 175 cm]