Jean-Baptiste Isabey , born with Nancy the April 11th 1767 and died in Paris the April 18th 1855, is a Portraitiste and Miniaturiste French.

At the time of the great historical painting, Isabey excelled in the art of the Miniature. Of this minor kind, it could make very great art, also, was it the most brilliant success, as well under the Empire as near the diplomats of the Congrès of Vienna.

Biography

At nineteen years, after some lessons taken near Jean Girardet, then Jean-Baptiste Claudot and finally François Dumont, painter miniaturist of Marie-Antoinette, it becomes one of the pupils of Jacques-Louis David. Employee with Versailles for portraits of the dukes of Angouleme and of Berry. The queen placed an order to him which was, from there, followed many others by the successive kings of France and until her death.

Joséphine de Beauharnais and Napoleon Bonaparte was his patrons. It took part in the setting in scene of their sacrings and the prints which it made for the commemoration were added to the famous table of David, work for which it was paid by Louis XVIII in 1814.

Jean-Baptiste Isabey represented in Europe the excellence of the French school miniaturists, a fame acquired in particular by quality of his ivories painted with the gouache, in general surrounded by frameworks invaluable or crimped in gold boxes.

Although having been faithful to Napoleon at the time of sound return of Elba, it of it was not less recipient with the Restauration, in particular by organizing the crowning of Charles X which does it officer of the cross of the Légion of honor.

The Monarchie of July conferred to him an important station in bond with the royal relations. Napoleon III granted a pension to him, and the medal of commander of the Legion of honor.

He is the father of Eugene Isabey.

Exposure recent

• Jean-Baptiste Isabey: portraitist of Europe. October 2005 - January 2006, Museum of the Castle of Malmaison
• Jean-Baptiste Isabey: portraitist of Europe. January 28th, 2006 - April 18th, 2006, Museum of the Art schools of Nancy.

External bonds

• Jean-Baptiste Isabey in the base Mona Lisa

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