The New International Encyclopædia/Labouchère, Pierre Antoine

LABOUCHÈRE, Pierre Antoine (1807-73). A French historical painter, born in Nantes. He was intended for a commercial career, and began business in Antwerp. Afterwards he traveled in America, China, and Italy, and finally became a pupil of Delaroche, the French painter, in Paris. The subjects of his works are largely drawn from the actors and incidents of the Reformation. They include: "Charles Quint à Londres" ("Charles the Fifth in London") (1844), "Melanchthon, Pomeranus et Cruciger traduisant la Bible" ("Melanchthon, Pomeranus, and Cruciger Translating the Bible") (1846). He also did some drawings for Merle d'Aubigné's Vie de Luther. Among his portraits is one of Guizot (1863).