Desbuissons François-hippolyte, Miniature On Ivory, Portrait Of A Lady Dated 1776

Desbuissons François-Hippolyte, miniature on ivory, portrait of a lady in a white dress with a pink bow, monogrammed HD and dated 1776. These monograms are those of the painter Desbuissons François-Hippolyte, known as Hipolite (1745-1807), a student on October 1, 1758 at the Royal Academy of Paris, protected by Joseph-Marie Vien. He was then staying with his mother at Mr. Moret's caffé du Palais Royal on the corner of rue Fromenteaux. François-Hippolite married Catherine-Françoise Huet, who gave him a son, Joseph-Auguste Desbuissons, known as Auguste Hipolite (1770-1845). At the time of this birth, the couple lived on rue Guénégaud in Paris. They chose Joseph-Ignace Cordes, first clerk to the extraordinary war court, as their godfather, and Marie-Elisabeth Le Chantre, minor daughter of Pierre, musician, as their godmother. By a sentence of the Châtelet of Paris of January 2, 1777, pronounced on the 11th of the said, the separation of property between François Hippolyte Desbuissons of the Royal Academy of Painting and his wife was pronounced, at the request of his wife. The painter's material situation explains this measure. Indeed, his debts were accumulating. On August 30, 1786, a sentence of the Châtelet prohibited the creditors of François-Hippolyte Desbuissons, miniature painter, from attacking his person and property. A member of the Academy of Saint-Luc in 1786, he also appears to have been a member of the Academy of Rouen. According to Bedouret, he may have spent a few years in this city between 1770 and 1786, where he would have been linked with Jean-Baptiste Descamps who was then his son's teacher in 1786 in Paris. Hipolite is especially known for his profiles painted in monochrome on a dark background, in gouache on ivory. We note the slightly pinkish complexion given to the flesh and the remarkable pearly blue effect which emerges from some of these monochromes. Several of these miniatures are exhibited at the Carnavelet Museum, Louvre, Rouen, Nantes, etc... Dimensions without frame H3.5 cm x W3 cm, dimensions with bronze frame H11 cm x W7.8 cm. Provenance of these miniatures: old family including Simon-Bernard Joly de Rosgrand (1740-1802), shipowner and supercargo of the ships of the Compagnie des Indes in Lorient, by descent, property of Saint-Malo. Shipping costs, contact us.