The Baron de Besenval in his Salon de Compagnie
The Baron de Besenval in his Salon de Compagnie c1791 by French Painter Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753 – 1809) and draftsman who was influenced by the fashionable British portrait painters of the time, such as Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), John Hoppner (1758–1810), and George Romney (1734–1802).
The Baron de Besenval sitting in an emerald green leather chair, in deep thought by a fireplace with smoldering embers; as the light of a sunset sky illuminates him and the room he is in, which contains a mirror over the mantel with different vases on it as well as framed pictures hanging on the walls.
The Baron de Besenval is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available for purchase online as a rullet lærred print.
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Henri-Pierre Danloux was born in Paris. Brought up by his architect uncle, Danloux was a pupil of Lépicié and later of Vien, whom he followed to Rome in 1775. I 1783, he returned to Lyon and Paris, where he was patroned by the Baronne Mégret de Sérilly d’Etigny, der sikrede ham en række vigtige portrætkommissioner udelukkende for aristokratiet. Han emigrerede til London i 1792 derved undslap den franske revolution og dens potentielle konsekvenser.
Mens han var i England, han blev bestilt til portrætter af officerklassen og de velstillede. Medlemmer af en sådan familie, Lamberts i Oxfordshire, engagerede mesteren i 1800 og havde møder for sine individuelle medlemmer: far, mor og søn (Henry John Lambert, Bt.), ham selv, senere i livet, tjener i Grenadierregimentet for fodvagter, en viceløjtnant for Oxfordshire og High Sheriff [Peter Lambert fra et brev – Pawsey & Payne, 1973]. Danloux, vendte tilbage til Paris i 1801, der genoptager sin karriere.
Danloux var påvirket af fashionable engelske portrætmalere som Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830), John Hoppner (1758–1810), and George Romney (1734–1802). I 1793, han udstillede på Royal Academy i London, hvilket resulterede i provisioner fra en række britiske lånere. Danloux døde i Paris i 1809.