Jean-Baptiste Delestre
Jean-Baptiste Delestre was a French artist and writer upon art. His painting "Scene during the eruption of Vesuvius" is displayed in the Museum of Nantes.
Early life and career
Delestre was born at Lyons in 1800. He was a pupil of Gros, and he also studied water-colour painting and sculpture; after a time, he abandoned the practice of art, and devoted himself to history and criticism.Paul-Èdouard Delabrièrre studied painting under Delestre before eventually turning to sculpture.