Antoine Chazal

Besides portraits, flowers, and fruit, he painted a few landscapes and altar-pieces for churches. He also engraved a portrait of Cardinal La Fare. Chazal died in Paris in 1854. He was the brother-in-law of writer and activist Flora Tristan, and through her, the great-uncle of painter Paul Gauguin.

Training under Sébastien-Joseph Misbach, Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld and Gerard van Spaendonck is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Works named in the authority record are Flore Pittoresque dédié aux dames. Work by Antoine Chazal is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Fitzwilliam Museum, Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Antoine Chazal • Born — 8 November 1793 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 12 August 1854 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting, engraving • Illustration — "Lancement du Friedland" by Chazal; Musée Thomas-Henry in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.

Chazal drew many effigies for the engraver and publisher Ambroise Tardieu, who does not mention it in his prints (see below the legends of the portraits) • Illustration — Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini • Illustration — Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps • Illustration — Benjamin Gaillon

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