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Jean-Baptiste Isabey (11 April 1767 – 18 April 1855) was a French painter born at Nancy.

He was a successful artist, both under the First Empire and to the diplomats of the Congress of Vienna.

Life

At the age of nineteen, after some lessons from Dumont, miniature painter to Marie Antoinette, he became a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. Employed at Versailles on portraits of the dukes of Angoulême and Berry, he was given a commission by the queen, which opens the long list of those he received from successive French rulers until his death in 1855.

Patronized by Josephine and Napoleon Bonaparte, he arranged the ceremonies of their coronation and prepared drawings for the publication intended as its official commemoration, a work for which he was paid by Louis XVIII, whose portrait (engraved by Debucourt) he executed in 1814. Although Isabey did homage to Napoleon on his return from Elba, he continued to enjoy the favour of the Restoration, and took part in arrangements for the coronation of Charles X.[1]

The July Monarchy conferred on him an important post in connection with the royal collections, and Napoleon III granted him a pension, and the cross of commander of the Legion of Honor. Review of Troops by the First Consul was one of his most important compositions, and Isabey's Boat – a charming drawing of himself and family-produced at a time when he was much occupied with lithography – had an immense success at the Salon of 1820 (engraved, Landon, Annales, i. 125). His portrait of Napoleon at Malmaison is held to be the best ever executed, and even his tiny head of the king of Rome, painted for a breast-pin, is distinguished by a decision and breadth that show the hand of a master.[1]

A biography of Isabey was published by Edmond Taigny in 1859, and Charles Lenormant's article, written for Michaud's Biog. Univ., is founded on facts furnished by Isabey's family.[1]

His son, Eugène, also became a well known painter.

References

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Isabey, Jean Baptiste". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 860.

Basily-Callimaki, Eva de, Mme, J.B. Isabey: sa vie, son temps, 1767-1855: Suivi du Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravee par et d'apres Isabey

External links

• Media related to Jean-Baptiste Isabey at Wikimedia Commons

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[de] Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Jean-Baptiste Isabey (* 11. April 1767 in Nancy, Département Meurthe-et-Moselle; † 18. April 1855 in Paris) war ein französischer Miniaturmaler.

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- [en] Jean-Baptiste Isabey

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[es] Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Jean-Baptiste Isabey (Nancy, 11 de abril de 1767 - París, 18 de abril de 1855) fue un retratista y miniaturista francés.

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[fr] Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Jean-Baptiste Isabey né à Nancy le 11 avril 1767 et mort à Paris le 18 avril 1855 est un peintre, miniaturiste, aquarelliste, dessinateur, lithographe, décorateur d'opéra et costumier français.

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[it] Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Jean-Baptiste Isabey (Nancy, 11 aprile 1767 – Parigi, 18 aprile 1855) è stato un incisore, pittore e miniaturista francese.

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[ru] Изабе, Жан-Батист

Жан-Батист Изабе (фр. Jean-Baptiste Isabey; 11 апреля 1767 (1767-04-11), Нанси, — 18 апреля 1855, Париж) — французский художник-портретист.

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