Nicolas GosseNicolas Louis François Gosse was a French historical painter.BiographyGosse was born in Paris, where he studied at the École [nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|Ecole des Beaux-Arts] and under Vincent, and became a skilled representative of the academic style prevailing in his earlier period. His principal works include: Napoleon I and Queen Louise at Tilsit, Meeting of Napoleon and Alexander of Russia at Erfurt, and Louis [Philippe Declining the Crown of Belgium Offered to His Son] all now housed in the Historical Museum at Versailles; and “Entry of the Duke of Angoulême into Madrid,” a wall painting in the Hôtel [de Ville, Paris].