Bernard Gaillot, a French historical painter, born at Versailles in 1780, was a pupil of David. He died in Paris in 1847.
His principal pictures are:
Cornelia. 1817.St. Martin. (Val-de-Grâce, Paris.)Conversion of St. Augustine. 1819. (Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris.)Dream of St. Monica. 1822. (The same)St. Louis visiting the Holy Sepulchre. (Sacristy of St. Denis.)St. Louis bearing the Crown of Thorns. 1824. (Sens Cathedral.)Holy Angels. 1824. (In a Chapel at Lille)Dream of St. Joseph. 1824. (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris.)The Assumption. 1827. (The town of Eu.)Christ blessing little Children. 1831.
