Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767 - 1849)

Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Jacques-Laurent Agasse is a Swiss animal painter.

As a young man he studied at the veterinary school in Paris and was well versed in equine anatomy. In 1880 he moved to London and began painting dogs and racehorses, as well as exotic animals such as giraffes and zebras, which he observed in London zoos. Later, Agasse began to paint landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes as well.