1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Chassésriau, Théodore

CHASSÉSRIAU, THÉODORE (1819–1856), French painter, was born in the Antilles, and studied under Ingres at Paris and at Rome, subsequently falling under the influence of Paul Delaroche. He was a well-known painter of portraits and historical pieces, his “Tepidarium at Pompeii” (1853) being now in the Louvre.