Jean-Louis Hamon came from a modest background but received a municipal stipend to study painting in Paris. He arrived in 1840 and, following the advice of Ingres (q.v.), entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1842 and Delaroche's atelier, which closed that year, with many of its students sent to <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/marc-gabriel-charles-gleyre">Charles Gleyre</a> (1806-1874). Th