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Ernest Hébert 1817-1908 is in Painters.
On 3rd November 1817 Ernest Hébert was born.
1833. Ernest Hébert (age 15). Self-portrait.
1839. Ernest Hébert (age 21). "Joseph's cup in Benjamin's sack". The Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded him the Prix de Rome in 1839 for this biblical composition.
1848 to 1849. Ernest Hébert (age 30). "Mal'aria". Exhibited in the Salon of 1850–51, and now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Painted in a Romantic style, it depicts a family of Italian peasants escaping an epidemic by raft, a scene inspired by events Hébert had witnessed while in Italy.
1850. Ernest Hébert (age 32). "Ophelia".
On 5th December 1908 Ernest Hébert (age 91) died.