Louis-Léopold Boilly

Louis-Léopold Boilly was a French painter, lithographer and draftsperson (1761–1845). He was born at La Bassée and died at Paris.

Also recorded as Louis-Leopold Boilly; Louis Leopold Boilly; Leopold Boilly; Louis Léopold Boilly; Louis Boilly; Mons. Boilly.

Louis-Léopold Boilly in brief

Born
1761
Died
1845
Known for
painter, lithographer and draftsperson
Place of birth
La Bassée
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Louis-Leopold Boilly, Louis Leopold Boilly, Leopold Boilly, Louis Léopold Boilly and Louis Boilly. His recorded language was French.

3 children are recorded: Edouard Boilly, Julien-Léopold Boilly and Alphonse Boilly.

Formation and teaching

He trained under Charles-Alexandre-Joseph Caullet and Dominique Doncre.

As a teacher, Louis-Léopold Boilly is recorded in connection with Julien-Léopold Boilly. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Recognition and collections

Louis-Léopold Boilly received Knight of the Legion of Honour. Work by Louis-Léopold Boilly is held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Museo del Prado.

Identity

What the record establishes about Louis-Léopold Boilly.

Louis-Léopold Boilly is recorded with the occupation lithographer. Louis-Léopold Boilly is classed in the genre genre painting. Louis-Léopold Boilly is recorded as a citizen of France. Musée Ingres-Bourdelle - Portrait du Baron Le Pelletier, prefet de Tarn-et-Garonne - Louis-Léopold Boilly is dated 1808 and held by Musée Ingres Bourdelle (inventory MI.23.3.4). A Man Vaccinating a Young Child Held by Its Mother, with Other Members of the Household Looking On is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection (inventory 40474i). Portraits of Charles Percier, Pierre-Francois Leotard Fontaine, and Claude-Louis Bernier is dated 1807 and held by Clark Art Institute (inventory 2005.10.3).

The actor Chénard. Flag Bearer at the Festival of Freedom of Savoy (October 14, 1799) is dated 1792 and held by Musée Carnavalet (inventory P8). A young Woman playing the Guitar with a Songbird on her Hand is catalogued and held by Ashmolean Museum (inventory WA2011.37). Young Lady Reading in a Landscape is dated 1798 and held by Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University (inventory 1972.146). Self portrait of Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) is dated 1805 and held by Palace of Versailles (inventory MV 7076). Portrait of Christiaan Anthonie Ver Huell (1760-1832) is dated 1811 and held by Museum Arnhem (inventory GM 00813). Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested is dated 1810 and held by Clark Art Institute (inventory 2007.10).

Distribution of Wine and Food on the Champs-Elysées is dated 1822 and held by Musée Carnavalet (inventory P1582). Studio of a Woman Artist (Studio of a Female Artist) is dated 1800 and held by Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Hotel des Javalides in Paris is catalogued and held by Munich Central Collecting Point (inventory 731/9). lady with child at a table is catalogued and held by Munich Central Collecting Point (inventory 720/3). Portrait of Sarah Bowdoin is dated 1807 and held by Bowdoin College Museum of Art (inventory 2000.6). The Artist's Wife in His Studio is dated 1797 and held by Clark Art Institute (inventory 1955.646).

Alleged portrait of Lucile Desmoulins is dated 1790 and held by Musée Carnavalet (inventory P10). Portrait of a Young Woman Drawing Herself is dated 1805 and held by Katrin Bellinger Collection. Ah ! Le Voilà ! is dated 1804 and held by Museum of Fine Arts of Reims (inventory 897.34.14). Artist in her studio is dated 1800 and held by Staatliches Museum Schwerin (inventory G 240). domestic Scene is catalogued and held by Munich Central Collecting Point (inventory 231/43). girls dressing is catalogued and held by Munich Central Collecting Point (inventory 180/11).

Works and catalogued output

What Louis-Léopold Boilly produced.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 40 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Louis-Léopold Boilly may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Louis-Léopold Boilly is established in the international name authorities as Social Networks and Archival Context w6p281wt, Bibliothèque nationale de France 14956680w, Getty Union List of Artist Names 500023946, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 119357895, Library of Congress n85068746, ISNI 0000000081257529, IdRef 028009673, Discogs 2542115, VIAF 47026079 and Wikidata Q715909.

Catalogued works

54 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1785 to 1840.

Der Indiskrete, dated 1795, held by Musée Cognacq-Jay, inventory J 5. The movings, dated 1840, held by Musée Cognacq-Jay, inventory J 8. Distribution of Wine and Food on the Champs-Elysées, dated 1822, held by Musée Carnavalet, inventory P1582. The actor Chénard. Flag Bearer at the Festival of Freedom of Savoy (October 14, 1799), dated 1792, held by Musée Carnavalet, inventory P8. Alleged portrait of Lucile Desmoulins, dated 1790, held by Musée Carnavalet, inventory P10. Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested, dated 1810, held by Clark Art Institute, inventory 2007.10. The Artist's Wife in His Studio, dated 1797, held by Clark Art Institute, inventory 1955.646. Various Objects, dated 1785, held by Clark Art Institute, inventory 1981.1. Presumed portrait of Madame Boilly, and her three sons. Portrait of Henri Benner, dated 1810, held by Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse. Abbé Leynoy, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NM 6827. Madame Saint-Ange Chevrier, dated 1807, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NM 7298. Ah ! Le Voilà !, dated 1804, held by Museum of Fine Arts of Reims, inventory 897.34.14. Alexandrine-Sophie de Bawr, dated 1819, held by Fogg Museum, inventory 2011.454. Portrait of Sarah Bowdoin, dated 1807, held by Bowdoin College Museum of Art, inventory 2000.6. Young Lady Reading in a Landscape, dated 1798, held by Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, inventory 1972.146. The Visit Returned, dated 1789, held by Wallace Collection, inventory P473. Portraits of Charles Percier, Pierre-Francois Leotard Fontaine, and Claude-Louis Bernier, dated 1807, held by Clark Art Institute, inventory 2005.10.3. Portrait of a man, dated 1786, held by Musées Nationaux Récupération, inventory 3723. a family -scene, dated 1796, held by Musées Nationaux Récupération, inventory 3828. Portrait of a Young Woman Drawing Herself, dated 1805, held by Katrin Bellinger Collection. Musée Ingres-Bourdelle - Portrait du Baron Le Pelletier, prefet de Tarn-et-Garonne - Louis-Léopold Boilly, dated 1808, held by Musée Ingres Bourdelle, inventory MI.23.3.4. girls dressing, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 180/11. domestic Scene, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 231/43. lady with child at a table, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 720/3. Point de cenvention, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 720/9. Hotel des Javalides in Paris, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 731/9. Artist in her studio, dated 1800, held by Staatliches Museum Schwerin, inventory G 240. Portrait of Johan Meerman (1753-1815), dated 1813, held by Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Self portrait of Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845), dated 1805, held by Palace of Versailles, inventory MV 7076. Portrait of Christiaan Anthonie Ver Huell (1760-1832), dated 1811, held by Museum Arnhem, inventory GM 00813. Interrupted Supper, held by Norton Simon Museum. A Carnival Scene, dated 1832, held by Ramsbury Manor. Heart Recognition, dated 1790, held by Ramsbury Manor. Portrait of a little boy, dated 1803, held by Ramsbury Manor. Studio of a Woman Artist (Studio of a Female Artist), dated 1800, held by Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Trompe l'oeil Tabletop, held by Wimpole Hall, inventory 206627.1. A Man Vaccinating a Young Child Held by Its Mother, with Other Members of the Household Looking On, held by Wellcome Collection, inventory 40474i. Portrait of a Boy, dated 1823, held by Hatton Gallery, inventory NEWHG:OP.0043. A young Woman playing the Guitar with a Songbird on her Hand, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory WA2011.37. The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre, dated 1810, oil on canvas, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2012.156. Portrait of a Woman, oil on canvas, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1976.100.2. The Arcades at the Palais-Royal, dated c. 1804, pen and black ink, and brush and gray wash, with gray gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1963.558. Study for The Speculators at the Palais Royal, dated 1797, black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on tan laid paper toned with a light brown wash, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2004.867. Woman in Front of a Fireplace, dated c. 1805–7, black chalk and gray wash heightened with white chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue wove paper, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1974.93. Two Standing Figures (Study for A Game of Billiards), dated c. 1807, black chalk with gray and brown-black chalk, with stumping, framing lines in brown-black chalk, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2008.382. Portrait of a Young Man, dated 1837, black chalk heightened with white chalk, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2009.296. Punishment, dated 1821, color lithograph with hand coloring, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2014.286. A woman examines another woman's sore eye, while a man and other women stand by. Oil painting after Louis-Léopold Boilly., held by Wellcome Collection. Five young women taking snuff. Stipple print after L. Boilly, ca. 1825., dated 1825, held by Wellcome Collection. Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Watercolour after L. Boilly, ca. 1823., dated 1823, held by Wellcome Collection. Antoine, Baron Dubois. Etching by J. Frémy after L. L. Boilly., dated 1815-1817, held by Wellcome Collection. A barber shaving a man who looks fearful. Lithograph by L. Boilly, 1823., dated 1823, held by Wellcome Collection. A hairdresser is using curling papers to curl a woman's hair. Coloured lithograph after L. Boilly., dated 1824, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 14 named public collections.

Musées Nationaux Récupération: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Munich Central Collecting Point: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Clark Art Institute: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q214867: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Musée Carnavalet: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Ramsbury Manor: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Musée Cognacq-Jay: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Nationalmuseum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 59 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 49 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Boilly, Louis-Léopold, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Boilly, Louis-Léopold, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Boilly, Louis Léopold, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. 12009, 1829-04-13, BOILLY (Louis Léopold), peintre, Art Sales Catalogues Online.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 28 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

training under Charles-Alexandre-Joseph Caullet and Dominique Doncre is recorded. Julien-Léopold Boilly is recorded as having studied under Louis-Léopold Boilly. the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is painting and visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Membership is recorded of Institut de France.

Work by Louis-Léopold Boilly is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado and Art Institute of Chicago.

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Chronology

  1. 1760Portrait of Christiaan Anthonie Ver Huell (1760-1832) is dated 1811 and held by Museum Arnhem (inventory GM 00813).
  2. 1761Louis-Léopold Boilly born at La Bassée.
  3. 1761Louis-Léopold Boilly was born on 5 July 1761.
  4. 1761Self portrait of Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) is dated 1805 and held by Palace of Versailles (inventory MV 7076).
  5. 1790Alleged portrait of Lucile Desmoulins is dated 1790 and held by Musée Carnavalet (inventory P10).
  6. 1790Alleged portrait of Lucile Desmoulins (Musée Carnavalet).
  7. 1792The actor Chénard. Flag Bearer at the Festival of Freedom of Savoy (October 14, 1799) (Musée Carnavalet).
  8. 1795Der Indiskrete (Musée Cognacq-Jay).
  9. 1797The Artist's Wife in His Studio is dated 1797 and held by Clark Art Institute (inventory 1955.646).
  10. 1798Young Lady Reading in a Landscape is dated 1798 and held by Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University (inventory 1972.146).
  11. 1799The actor Chénard. Flag Bearer at the Festival of Freedom of Savoy (October 14, 1799) is dated 1792 and held by Musée Carnavalet (inventory P8).
  12. 1800Studio of a Woman Artist (Studio of a Female Artist) is dated 1800 and held by Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
  13. 1800Artist in her studio is dated 1800 and held by Staatliches Museum Schwerin (inventory G 240).
  14. 1804Ah ! Le Voilà ! is dated 1804 and held by Museum of Fine Arts of Reims (inventory 897.34.14).
  15. 1805Portrait of a Young Woman Drawing Herself is dated 1805 and held by Katrin Bellinger Collection.
  16. 1807Portraits of Charles Percier, Pierre-Francois Leotard Fontaine, and Claude-Louis Bernier is dated 1807 and held by Clark Art Institute (inventory 2005.10.3).
  17. 1807Portrait of Sarah Bowdoin is dated 1807 and held by Bowdoin College Museum of Art (inventory 2000.6).
  18. 1808Musée Ingres-Bourdelle - Portrait du Baron Le Pelletier, prefet de Tarn-et-Garonne - Louis-Léopold Boilly is dated 1808 and held by Musée Ingres Bourdelle (inventory MI.23.3.4).
  19. 1810Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested is dated 1810 and held by Clark Art Institute (inventory 2007.10).
  20. 1810Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested (Clark Art Institute).
  21. 1822Distribution of Wine and Food on the Champs-Elysées is dated 1822 and held by Musée Carnavalet (inventory P1582).
  22. 1822Distribution of Wine and Food on the Champs-Elysées (Musée Carnavalet).
  23. 1840The movings (Musée Cognacq-Jay).
  24. 1845Louis-Léopold Boilly died at Paris.
  25. 1845Louis-Léopold Boilly died on 4 January 1845.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    12009, 1829-04-13, BOILLY (Louis Léopold), peintre, Art Sales Catalogues Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Boilly, Louis Léopold, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Boilly, Louis-Léopold, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Boilly, Louis-Léopold, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Internet Archive, 16 digitised items catalogued under Louis-Léopold Boilly as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Louis-Léopold Boilly.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Louis-Léopold Boilly.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Louis-Léopold Boilly (59 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 49 works naming Louis-Léopold Boilly.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q715909: Louis-Léopold Boilly

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Louis-Léopold Boilly”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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