François Louis Dejuinne (1784-1844): "portrait Of An Elegant" Pupil And Portraitist Of Girodet

François Louis DEJUINNE (1784-1844): "Portrait of an elegant" oil on cardboard monogrammed on the right, dimensions: 19.5 x 14.5 cm. The frame requires restoration. François Louis Hardy de Juinne, dit Dejuinne, born in Paris in 1786 and died in the same city on March 12, 1844, was a history and genre painter. Biography He was a pupil of Anne-Louis Girodet from the age of 17, then became the master of Pierre-Jules Jollivet. He obtained the 2nd Prix de Rome in 1808, on the subject Erasistratus discovers the cause of Antiochus' illness. Works Magny-les-Hameaux, National Museum of Port-Royal, Erasistratus discovering the cause of Antiochus' illness, oil on canvas 113 by 145 cm. Montargis, Musée Girodet, Portrait of Girodet painting “Pygmalion and Galatea”, oil on canvas, 0.650 by 0.545, signed and dated 1821, acquired in 20061. Paris, Musée du Louvre, Madame Récamier's bedroom at the Abbaye-au -wood, oil on wood, 34.1 by 47.1 cm, signed and dated 1826, [1] [archive]. Paris, Musée du Louvre, graphic arts department, Study for Girodet painting “Pygmalion and Galatea”, black chalk drawing, donated by Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux in 1873, [2] [archive] Versailles, Musée du château de Versailles et de Trianon, 6 paintings with historical subjects and four others illustrating the four seasons, commissioned by Louis XVIII in 1819. Bibliography Richard Dagorne, "The Portrait of Girodet painting "Pygmalion and Galatea" by François Dejuine finds its place in Montargis", La Revue of the Museums of France, Revue du Louvre, 2007, no 2, April, p. 17-19.