Jean-Baptiste ISABEY (Nancy, 1767-Paris, 1855) - Lot 74

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Jean-Baptiste ISABEY (Nancy, 1767-Paris, 1855) - Lot 74
Jean-Baptiste ISABEY (Nancy, 1767-Paris, 1855) * Portrait of an officer of the National Guard in left profile. Black stone and stump on paper, unsigned, circa 1790. Oval giltwood frame. On the back a signature and date "Isabey 1790" on an old piece of glass, probably from the original frame. H. 17 x W. 13 cm (when viewed). History: Entering Jacques-Louis David's studio in 1788, the young Isabey closely followed the various events of the French Revolution and took advantage of the opportunity to portrait the various protagonists. He painted portraits of emigrants but also the 228 portraits of the members of the National Assembly which brought him a small notoriety as a portraitist. It would be following the portrait that he made of Mirabeau that this one seduced by the result would have advised to the artist a career of portraitist.
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