Jamin was born in
Paris in 1853. He was the son of
Jules Jamin, physicist and permanent secretary of the
French Academy of Sciences. His paintings were shown frequently at the
Salon throughout the last quarter of the nineteenth century. In 1882 he produced
The Death of the Prince Imperial, a scene depicting the death of the
Bonapartist claimant
Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial during the recent
Anglo-Zulu War. One of his best-known paintings is
Brennus and His Share of the Spoils (1893), which depicts the Gaulish chieftain
Brennus viewing his captives after the looting of
Rome. Jamin died in Paris on 10 July 1903. ==Gallery==