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Jean-Baptiste Marie Fouque (July 2, 1819 –April 11, 1880), also anglicised as Jean Marius Fouque or Marius Fouque, was a French painter specialising in portraits and mythological subjects.

Biography
Born in Arles in 1819, the son of the locksmith Honorat Fouque and Marguerite Barbier, Jean-aptiste studied painting under the Arlesian painter and archaeologist François Huard. He was awarded a scholarship from the city council of Arles, to study at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. There, he studied under the direction of Joseph-Léon de Lestang-Parade and Léon Cogniet.

The first exhibition of Fouque's art was in 1846, and resulted in a steady stream of commissions for the government of the Second French Empire. He produced portraits of both Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie de Montijo, as well as many foreign nobles and royals such as Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Yusupova of Russia and Rama V, the King of Siam.

In addition to his portraiture, Fouque painted many allegorical and religious works. In 1863, he returned to Arles to paint several altarpieces and other works for the Church of Saint Trophime and the Church of Saint Cesaire.

In the chapel of the Souls of Purgatory, painting by Jean-Baptiste Marie Fouque from 1863 entitled Le Purgatoire.

Notable works

 * The Sculptor Pradier, Museum of Art and History, Geneva
 * Portait of Rama V, Bang Pa-In Royal Palace, Thailand
 * Portrait of Tatiana Alexandrovna Yusupova, State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
 * The Assumption and The Meeting at the Golden Gate, Chapel of Saint Anne, Church of Saint Cesaire, Arles
 * Saint Cesaire at the bedside of the prefect of Ravenna, Church of Saint Trophime, Arles
 * Purgatory, Chapel for the Souls in Purgatory, Church of Saint Cesaire, Arles

Attributed works

 * Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, Church of Barcarin, Salin-de-Giraud (Bouches-du-Rhône)
 * Saint Trophime of Arles, Church of Saint Trophime, Arles