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Julien Leopold Boilly

Hersent

1821

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Julien Leopold Boilly

Hersent

1821

Physical Qualities Lithograph, Sheet: 331 x 245 mm. (13 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.) Image: 160 x 175 mm. (6 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.256
Portrait of the artist Louis Hersent, French, 1777-1860.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: M. Le Garrec, 1930-ongoing) vol. 3., p. 45, #9.

Inscribed: Signed and dated in stone: lower center "Jul. Boilly 1822" Inscribed in stone: lower center "Institut Royal / de / France / Acadie. des Beaux Arts (Peinture.) / HERSENT, / (Louis,) / Membre de la Légion d'honneur, / Né à Paris, le 10 Mars 1777, élu en 1822"

Markings: None

Artist

Julien Leopold Boilly

French, 1796-1874
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