Hippolyte Lecomte

Hippolyte Lecomte (December 28, 1781, Puiseaux – July 25, 1857, Paris) was a French painter who was primarily known for his large-format historical paintings and ballet designs. His wife, born Camille Vernet, was the sister of the painter Émile Jean-Horace Vernet. His son, Émile Vernet-Lecomte, was also a well-known painter. The caricaturist Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, better known as “J.J. Grandville”, worked in Lecomte’s studio.