Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust

Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan teɔdɔʁ ʒiʁust]; 1753–1817) was a French neoclassical painter. In 1770, at age seventeen, Giroust started studying painting in the studio of Joseph-Marie Vien, a pioneer of Neoclassicism. Among other students was Jacques-Louis David. In 1775, Vien left Paris as he became director of the French Academy in Rome, and took David with him.