Charles Gleyre (Swiss, 1806–1874), studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Louis Hersent and was active mainly in Paris. He took over the studio of Paul Delaroche in 1843. His students include Jean-Léon Gérôme, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Meryl Ann Butler studied with Harold Stevenson,
who studied with Norman Rockwell,
who studied with George Brant Bridgman,
who studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme,
who studied with Charles Gleyre.
