Jean Broc (1771–1850) was a French neoclassical painter. His most famous work, '' The Death of Hyacinthos'', was completed and exhibited at the Salon in 1801.

Hyacinth ''Hyacinthus'' is a genus of bulbous herbs, and spring-blooming Perennial plant, perennials. They are fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae and are commonly called hyacinths (). The genus is native predomin ...

us was a young male beauty and lover of the god

Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...

. One day, while playing with a discus, Hyacinthus was struck with the object and consequently died. The painting depicts Apollo mourning for his dead lover. Some myths link a jealous

Zephyr In European tradition, a zephyr is a light wind or a west wind, named after Zephyrus, the Greek god or personification of the west wind. Zephyr may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional characters * Zephyr (comics), in the Marvel Comics univers ...

to the incident, blaming his jealousy of Hyacinthus for a gust of wind resulting in the youth's death. Broc studied under

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

and is well known for the cultivation of the intellectual group known as ''Les Primitifs'' (a.k.a., Barbus or "The Bearded Ones").

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* 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters 1771 births 1850 deaths Pupils of Jacques-Louis David 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub