Emile-henri Laporte (1841-1919) - Portrait Of Jane Peignot - 1884

JANE PEIGNOT, OWNER OF THE HOTEL BOURRIENNE

Jane Peignot is the link between two families of renowned French printers and typographers. She is the sister of Georges Peignot, heir to the foundries of the same name, and the wife of Charles Tuleu, heir to the House of Berny. The two companies merged at the beginning of the 20th century. The workshops were located at the end of the garden of the Hôtel Bourrienne, a property acquired by Charles Tuleu and Jane Peignot. This private mansion in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, built on Rue d'Hauteville, is particularly famous for its impeccably restored Directoire period decor. The Hôtel Bourrienne was therefore Jane Peignot's home and the setting for our portrait.

EMILE-HENRI LAPORTE
Émile-Henri Laporte (1841-1919) was a close friend of Renoir since their youth, the two artists maintained a special friendly and artistic relationship. The two painters shared an apartment that served as their studio, Place Dauphine, in the 1860s. Renoir also painted a portrait of Henri Laporte (Sotheby's, London, December 7, 1998, lot 16), and another of his sister, exhibited at the Musée de Limoges. Marie-Zélie Laporte married Gustave Peignot, and became the mother of Jane, our model. Laporte regularly participated in the Salons between 1864 and 1881, presenting Orientalist works and landscapes. From 1875, he became director of the municipal drawing school of the 2nd arrondissement and later of the Étienne-Marcel art school. He retired to Ville-d'Avray where he became mayor and died on February 7, 1919.