Julien-Léopold Boilly
Illustration — Portrait of Boilly painted by his father Louis-Léopold, c. 1808 Julien-Léopold Boilly (30 August 1796 – 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France (1820–1821) and his booklet Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l'Institut (1820) containing watercolor caricatures of seventy-three famous mathematicians, in particular the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre, the only known portrait of him.
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Julien-Léopold Boilly
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- 1796. · Paris.
- Died
- 1874. · 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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- France.
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- portrait.
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- Louis-Léopold Boilly.
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- French.
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Illustration — Portrait of Boilly painted by his father Louis-Léopold, c. 1808 Julien-Léopold Boilly (30 August 1796 – 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France (1820–1821) and his booklet Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l'Institut (1820) containing watercolor caricatures of seventy-three famous mathematicians, in particular the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre, the only known portrait of him.
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Training under Louis-Léopold Boilly is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Julien-Léopold Boilly is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum, British Museum, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University and National Portrait Gallery.
Born in Paris on 30 August 1796, he was a son of the genial painter-engraver Louis-Léopold Boilly. Admitted to the lycée at Versailles 15 December 1806, he painted portraits and illustrated books with lithographs. He also collected autographs. He died on 14 June 1874.
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Selected works
• Illustration — alt= Cortège de l'empereur de Chine • Illustration — alt= François-Adrien Boieldieu 1825 • Illustration — alt= Jean-Baptiste Stouf • Illustration — His caricatural depiction of Adrien-Marie Legendre • Illustration — His caricatural depiction of Joseph Fourier
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Identity and origins
He also worked under the name Jules Boilly. The authorities additionally record the headings Jules Boilly, Julien Leopold Boilly, Julien Boilly, Julien Léopold Boilly and Julien-Leopold Boilly. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Louis-Léopold Boilly.
Pierre Paul Prud'hon, 1820, by Julien-Léopold Boilly
Julien Léopold Boilly · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
Carl Vernet, c. 1825, by Julien-Léopold Boilly
Julien Léopold Boilly · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, a twenty-fifth anniversary gift
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1796
Julien-Léopold Boilly born at Paris.
1874
Julien-Léopold Boilly died at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Archives en ligne de Paris, État civil reconstitué, acte de naissance du 14 fructidor an IV mention né hier Rue du Ponceau (ancien arrondissement de Paris).
- 2.Notice de Julien Léopold Boilly. britishmuseum.org. British Museum.
- 3.M. Paul Lacroix, Annuaire des artistes et des amateurs, Paris, 1861, (en ligne).
- 4.Archives en ligne de Paris, arrondissement, année 1874, acte de décès , cote V4E 3680, vue 23/31.
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- Henri Beraldi, Les Graveurs du , Conquet, Paris, vol II, 1885, .
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