Lancret
Lancret is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Michel Ange Lancret (1774–1807), French engineer *Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743), French painter *Bernard Lancret (1912–1983), French film actor See also *Lancet (other) Lancet most commonly refers to '' The Lancet'', a medical journal. It may also refer to: Medicine * Lancet (surgery), a cutting instrument with a double-edged blade and a pointed end for making small incisions or drainage punctures. *Blood lanc ... {{surname Surnames of French origin ...
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Nicolas Lancret
Nicolas Lancret (22 January 1690 – 14 September 1743) was a French painter. Born in Paris, he was a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the tastes and manners of French society during the regency of the Duke of Orleans and, later, early reign of King Louis XV. Career Lancret’s first master was Pierre d'Ulin, but his acquaintance with and admiration for Watteau induced him to leave Ulin for Gillot, whose pupil Watteau had been. Lancret, who remained a pupil of Gillot from 1712–1713, was heavily influenced by the older painter, whose typical slender figures can be found in many of his pupil's younger works. Two pictures painted by Lancret and exhibited on the Place Dauphine had a great success, which laid the foundation of his fortune, and, it is said, estranged Watteau, who had been complimented as their author. In 1718 he was received as an Academician, from thereon becoming a very respected artist, especially amongst the admirers of Watteau. He completed wo ...
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Michel Ange Lancret
Michel Ange Lancret (December 15, 1774 – December 17, 1807), was an engineer with the French Corps of Bridges and Roads. He was a student of the École Polytechnique in 1794, became an Engineer of Bridges and Roads in 1797, and was a ''savant'' who accompanied Napoleon's 1798 campaign in Egypt as a member of the Commission des Sciences et des Arts, a corps of 167 technical experts. He began describing various monuments on the banks of the Nile and remnants of ancient civilization of the pharaohs. He also wrote the initial report about the Rosetta Stone that was published on behalf of Napoleon's newly founded scientific association in Cairo, the Institut d'Égypte. In the report he noted that it contained three inscriptions, the first in hieroglyphs and the third in Greek, and rightly suggesting that the three inscriptions would be versions of the same text. Lancret's report, dated 19 July 1799,Parkinson, R.B. Diffie, Whitfield. Simpson, R.S. Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone ...
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Bernard Lancret
Bernard Lancret (4 September 1912 – 5 September 1983) was a French film actor. He appeared in over thirty films between 1935 and 1956 in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He played the composer Franz Schubert in the 1940 film '' Sérénade''. He played the painter Julien Breughel in the 1935 film '' Carnival in Flanders''.Grossvogel p.90 Selected filmography * ''The Queen and the Cardinal'' (1935) * '' Carnival in Flanders'' (1935) * '' Valse royale'' (1936) * '' The Two Girls'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (1936) * '' Ménilmontant'' (1936) * ''The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * ''The Drunkard'' (1937) * '' The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * ''Maman Colibri'' (1938) * '' The Chess Player'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Le héros de la Marne'' (1938) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * ''Serenade'' (1940) * '' Twisted Mistress'' (1942) * ''Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * ''Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * ...
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Lancet (other)
Lancet most commonly refers to '' The Lancet'', a medical journal. It may also refer to: Medicine * Lancet (surgery), a cutting instrument with a double-edged blade and a pointed end for making small incisions or drainage punctures. *Blood lancet, a pricking needle used to obtain drops of blood for testing Architecture * Lancet arch, a narrow, tall opening with a pointed arch *Lancet window, a window set in a lancet arch People *Doron Lancet, Israeli geneticist Other uses *Dennis Lancet, a bus chassis *LG Lancet, a Windows smartphone * ZALA Lancet, a Russian military drone See also * Lancelet, an animal *Lance (other) A lance is a pole weapon based on the spear. Lance may also refer to: People * Lance (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lance (surname), including a list of people with the name In the military * , a United States Navy Wo ...