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With great possibility it is a work by the famous French artist from the turn of 19th century Louis Leopold Boilly (for comparison see our additional image). Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761 La Bassée - 1845 Paris) was a French painter. A number of his paintings vividly document the French middle-class social life of his time. Boilly was born in La Bassée in northern France but moved to Arras at the age of seventeen to receive instruction in "trompe l'oeil" painting from Dominique Doncre (1743-1820). Seven years later Boilly moved to Paris where he exhibited in the Salon between 1791 and 1824 - receiving a gold medal in 1804. In 1794, Boilly was condemned by the Comite de Salut Public, at the height of Terror, for the erotic undertones of his work. This offence was remedied by an eleventh-hour discovery in his home of the more patriotic Triumph of Marat (Musee des Beaux Arts, Lille) which saved him from serious penalties. Boilly's early works tended towards a preference for amorous and moralising subjects. The Suitor's Gift is comparable to much of his work in the 1790's. His small-scale paintings with carefully mannered colouring and precise detailing recalled the work of Dutch seventeenth-century genre painters such as Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667), Willem van Mieris and Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681), of whose work Boilly owned an important collection. After 1794, Boilly began to produce far more crowded compositions that which serve as social chronicals. Boilly was also well respected for his portraiture, producing many portraits of the middle classes and other famous contemporaries. Provenance: French private collection
Condition: good, matted and framed
Creation Year: 1805/10
Measurements: UNFRAMED: 48.5 cm x 40.0 cm / 19.1" x 15.7" inches
FRAMED: 61.0 cm x 52.0 cm / 24.0" x 20.5" inches
Object Type: Framed pastel
Style: 19th century drawings
Technique: pastel on vellum (mounted onto stretcher by the artist)
Inscription: -
Creator: Louis-Léopold Boilly
Creator Dates: 1761 La Bassée-1845 Paris
Nationality: French
Themes:
FRENCH MALE PORTRAIT YOUNG MAN EMPIRE
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