Vers 1790. Ce dessin présente des affinités avec le frontispice d'un ouvrage de Levacher de Charnois, intitulé "Recherches sur les costumes et sur les théâtres de toutes les nations", illustré d'estampes en couleur gravées par Pierre Michel Alix d'après des dessins de Philippe Chéry

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Philippe Chery

Born:

15th Feb, 1759

Dead:

28th Feb, 1838

Country:

France

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Philippe Chéry (1759 – 1838), a French historical and portrait painter, was a pupil of Vien. He was born in Paris, took an active part in the French Revolution, was wounded at the siege of the Bastille, and on the 18th Brumaire left France, to which he did not return until 1802. He painted 'The Annunciation' in the church of Generville, 'St. Benedict receiving the Viaticum,' and two other religious subjects, which are in the church of Boulogne-sur-Mer, 'St. Cecilia,' in the Benedictine Convent… Read more...