Jean Preudhomme
Jean Preudhomme or Preud'ho(m)me or Prudhomme (c. 23 November 1732 – c. 20 July 1795) was a Swiss painter.
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Jean Preudhomme
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- Name
- Jean Preudhomme
- Born
- c. 23 November 1732
- Birthplace
- Rolle, Switzerland
- Died
- c. 20 July 1795
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- portrait painting
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Fields
- portrait
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Jean Preudhomme or Preud'ho(m)me or Prudhomme (c. 23 November 1732 – c. 20 July 1795) was a Swiss painter.
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Biography
Biography
He was a contemporary of the Swiss painters Anton Graff, Johann Jakob Schalch, Angelica Kauffman, Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Johann Caspar Füssli and his son Johann Heinrich Füssli.
Two sitters are full length, point to Great Britain on a globe and look to the Duke. A view of Geneva is in the distance.
Jean Preudhomme · https: Art Fund UK. Today in the collection of the National Museums of S
Jean Preudhomme - Joseph Gottlieb Koelreuter, the Botanist (1733-1806) - NM 6860 - Nationalmuseum
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jean Preudhomme • Born — c. 23 November 1732 • Birthplace — Rolle, Switzerland • Died — c. 20 July 1795 • Burial Place — La Neuveville, Switzerland • Other Names — Jean Preud'ho(m)me, Jean Prudhomme • Occupation — painter • Known for — portrait painting • Notable Works — portrait of Douglas, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Life and work
Life and work
Jean Preudhomme was baptised on 23 November 1732 in Rolle. He was a pupil of the well known painters Jean Baptiste Le Prince and Jean-Baptiste Greuze in Paris. He was a landscapist and an animal painter. However, his speciality was portrait painting. In Switzerland he was very popular with the landed gentry and the patricians in Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel and Bern. In a Swiss publication, published between 1782 and 1786, he was described as a “portraitist à la mode”. Preudhomme's paintings, especially the portraits, are rare on the art market. His portrait of Franz Rudolf Frisching is one of his best known paintings.
Identity
Identity
Jean Preudhomme is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as a citizen of Switzerland. Classed in the genre portrait.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1732
Jean Preudhomme was born on 23 November 1732.
1795
Jean Preudhomme died at La Neuveville.
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Rolle.
Birth place
La Neuveville.
Death place
Paintings in public collections
Preudhomme's portrait of Douglas, 8th Duke of Hamilton, on his Grand Tour with his physician Dr John Moore and the latter's son John, with a view of Geneva in the distance, is in the collection of the National Museums of Scotland. On his Grand Tour the Duke and his companions stayed for two years in Geneva. A portrait of a Lady is in the collection of the Musée Rath.
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- “Jean Preudhomme”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q676388: Jean Preudhomme
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Literature
• Brun, Schweizerisches Künstlerlexikon
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