Renown
Gros was decorated and named baron of the empire by Napoleon, after the Salon of 1808, at which he had exhibited the Battle of Eylau.
The number of Gros's pupils was very great, and was considerably augmented when, in 1815, David quit Paris and gave over his own classes to him. Under the Restoration he became a member of the Institute, professor at the École des Beaux Arts, and was named chevalier of the Order of Saint Michael.
G. Dargenty produced a book titled Les Artistes Celebres ("Famous Artists")Le Baron Gros GILBERT WOOD &Co London
M. Delcluze gives a brief notice of his life in Louis David et son temps ("Louis David and his Times"), and Julius Meyer's Geschichte der modernen französischen Malerei ("History of Modern French Painting") contains what Britannica cites as an excellent criticism on his works.
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