Baron Pierre Narcisse Guerin 1801 - 81 X 60

Great Academy of Baron Pierre Narcisse Guérin (1774 - 1833) or of his workshop since he bequeathed many of these drawings and paintings to his most faithful students, including Delacroix and Géricault, Ary Scheffer on his death. -

His official career:
pupil of BRENET and REGNAULT
2 ° Grand Prix de Rome in 1795,
stay in 1804 at the Villa Medici Member of the Institute in 1815

Director of the School of Rome in 1816

Anobli (Baron) by Charles X in 1829

Knight of the Legion of Honor of the Order of Saint-Michel

Style similar to that of David, influenced Géricault.
His tastes: Antiquity

Having become one of the most important painters of the first third of the 19th century, Guérin also led a highly sought-after workshop in which he trained a large number of artists, including Delacroix and Géricault.

Guérin was born on March 13, 1774 in Paris and died in Rome on July 16, 1833. He was, at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the following century, a brilliant artist whose work can be compared to that of David. When he died in 1833, the painter bequeathed some of his works to some of his most loyal students.

Les toiles de Pierre Narcisse Guérin sont au Musée du Louvre, de Valencienne, Meudon, Guéret

Julien Potier was entrusted by the master with the execution of his will, with the task of sharing among his students the works that remained in his possession.

Unsigned canvas with on the back on the stretcher the inscription Pierre Narcisse Guérin 1801 (if we take this dating the canvas could be from Guérin) - On the other hand the canvas bears the date 1881 at the bottom right which proves that it comes from his workshop since Pierre Narcisse Guérin died in 1833 - An address also on the chassis: 66 rue des gazonette -

There remains before our eyes an exceptional piece, of great maturity in the mastery of chiaroscuro, skin tones, eyes feverish of the model - Canvas later rented and restored by our workshop just for the funds - PERFECT CONDITION