Jean-Achille Benouville was a French landscape painter known for his views of Italy.
He was born in Paris. Together with his younger brother, François-Léon, he was apprenticed to François-Édouard Picot and, later, to Léon Cogniet. He painted numerous landscapes in the vicinity of Paris, Italia Compiègne and Fontainebleau.
In 1834, he had his firs...
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