Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur, c. 1793 (Louvre)
Born
Joseph Ducreux
(1735-06-26)26 June 1735
Nancy, Duchy of Lorraine
Died
24 July 1802(1802-07-24) (aged 67)
Between Paris and Saint-Denis, France
Nationality
Lorrainian, then French
Known for
Portrait painting
Awards
Premier peintre de la reine
Joseph, Baron Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver, who was a successful portraitist at the court of Louis XVI of France, and resumed his career at the conclusion of the French Revolution. He was made a baron and premier peintre de la reine (First Painter to the Queen), and drew the last portrait ever made of Louis XVI before the king's execution. His less formal portraits reflect his fascination with physiognomy and show an interest in expanding the range of facial expressions beyond those of conventional portraiture.
Joseph, Baron Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver, who was a successful portraitist...
French cyclist JosephDucreux (1735–1802), French artist Louis Ducreux (1911–1992), French actor, screenwriter and composer Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux (1761–1802)...
Lucas Franchoys the Younger, Man removing a plaster, the sense of touch JosephDucreux – French 18th century portraitist whose less formal works use extreme...
Holy Roman Emperor. Her godparents were Joseph I and Mariana Victoria, King and Queen of Portugal; Archduke Joseph and Archduchess Maria Anna acted as proxies...
their characters, notably Balzac, Chaucer and portrait artists, such as JosephDucreux. A host of 19th-century English authors were influenced by the idea...
and interested in absolutely nothing. The brother of Marie Antoinette, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, said of her during his visit to France in 1777 that...
Georges Cadoudal Portrait by JosephDucreux, c. 1800 Nickname(s) "Gédéon" Born (1771-01-01)1 January 1771 Brech, Brittany, France Died 25 June 1804(1804-06-25)...
of the Paris Salon for the next 36 years. Nevertheless, the painter JosephDucreux claimed to be his only student (although this is unlikely). On 25 May...
Giraudais). This expedition included the naturalist and writer Antoine-Joseph Pernety (known as Dom Pernety), the priest and chronicler accompanying the...
her father-in-law, the King of Sardinia. Clotilde also harboured Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Louise de Condé, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, as well...
May 23 – Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, (d. 1814) June 16 – Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, French painter (d. 1784) June 26 – JosephDucreux, French noble,...
1771) July 24 – JosephDucreux, French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver (b. 1735) July 25 – Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal,...
May 23 – Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, (d. 1814) June 16 – Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, French painter (d. 1784) June 26 – JosephDucreux, French noble,...
in vogue at the time', Knight cited the pastels used in the work of JosephDucreux and Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun as an influence. Knight often mute...
painters in the 18th century such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Charles Eisen, JosephDucreux and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. He was so successful that he often created...
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