Academy Of Man By Jean Joseph Lecurieux (1801-1867)

Jean Joseph Lecurieux (1801-1867) Académie d'Homme, black chalk and chalk, 59 x 46 cm, annotations in ink and pencil on the back: "9 Lecurieux top right, student of Mr Lethière", top left "... 1823, Mr. Dupaty Prof.".

Jean Joseph Lecurieux, painter, engraver and lithographer born in Dijon in 1801. Student of Devosges and Guillon-Lethière at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon from 1827. Medalist in 1844 and 1846, he obtained several state commissions from 1833 to 1840. Works at the Ministry of the Interior, Museum of Dijon, Chaumont, Saint-Omer and Château de Versailles.