The animal painter and landscapist Émile Jacque belonged to a family of artists that included his paternal uncle, Léon (b. 1828), and his brother, Frédéric (b. 1859). The three followed Émile's and Frédéric's father, Barbizon printmaker and painter <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/charles-emile-jacque">Charles-Émile Jacque</a> (q.v.). Émile and Frédéric received their academic training in