Constant Troyon, a French painter, born in Sèvres, Aug. 25, 1810, died in Paris early in 1865. He was early employed at Sèvres in painting on porcelain, and began in 1833 to send his works to the annual exhibitions in Paris. He rose to the first rank of his profession, especially in landscapes and animals, and has been called the Lafontaine of his art. He painted many pictures illustrating Sèvres, St. Cloud, and other places near Paris. Among his animal and figure pieces are " The Fair of Limousin," "The Cattle Market," "The Watering Place," " The Poacher," " Working Oxen," "Hounds at Rest and in Motion," "Going to Market," and " Before the Storm " (a vigorously painted landscape with cattle and sheep). One of his most celebrated works, a landscape with animals, left unfinished at his death, was in 1869 presented by his mother to the museum of the Luxembourg, and placed in the Rubens gallery. Many of his pictures have been popularized by engravings. In 1875 his " Osier Bed" was sold in Paris for 24,200 francs, his "White Cow chased by a Dog" for 10,400 francs, and his "Pastures near Trouville" for 12,000 francs.