Profile Of A Woman — Etienne Bouchardy

Profile of a woman


etienne bouchardy (1797 - 1849)

Discover Etienne Bouchardy's exquisite miniatures from 1819-1849. A French artist influenced by Sicardi & Gros, known for portraits and Parisian salon works.

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The miniature was realized by Ethienne Bouchardy (the signature is located in cursive on the miniature itself) who worked in the first half of the XIX century and who was student of Antoine-Jean Gros. In the portraiture of the early ninenteenth century, it is evident the influence of neoclassical sculptors in primis Antonio Canova by considering the presence of a strong realism in the representation as well as the choice of the profile, taken after the classical numismatic.