Oil on canvas 57 x 46 cm Circa 1785

Artist Biography :

Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753 - 1809) Danloux received his first formation in the studio of Lépicié in 1780, then in the one of Vien, where he met David. Between 1775 and 1780 he stayed at the Académie de France in Rome, then directed by Vien. Back to France, he stopped for a while in Lyon where an important school of painting had been developed. He executed there several genre paintings, before returning to Paris. He however left France quickly, taking refuge in London during the Revolution. He remained there from 1791 to 1801, painting portraits, like the Portrait du comte d' Artois (Versailles, Musée du château). In touch with the English portraitists, the art of Danloux became of a more restrained elegance (see the Portrait de Mr. Delaval, Paris, Musée du Louvre or the Portrait d’Alexandre Lenoir, Versailles, Musée du château). Danloux counted amongst his clients high-ranking administrators, military officials, such as the Baron de Bezenval, whose portrait recently resurfaced on the art market, or civil servants, such as Simon Pauquet, Inspecteur Général des Ponts et Chaussées.