GUERIN Jean-Urbain (1761-1836), PRESUMED PORTRAIT OF Charles Jean Marie BARBAROUX , MINIATURE VERS 1790

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache, protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: GUERIN Jean-Urbain (1761-1836)

SIGNED:

FRAME : original two sides gold frame (oak leaf punch)

PORTRAIT SIZE: 5cm

FRAME SIZE: 5,8cm

DESCRIPTION :

Miniature portrait painted by Jean-Urbain Guérin (1761-1836) during the French Revolution, around 1790.

An old indication gave this portrait as that of a Bordeaux Revolutionary who could be Armand Gensonné (1758-1793), an erroneous identification. Rather, we see a possible portrait of Charles Jean-Marie Barbaroux (1767-1792), another figure of the Revolution, not born in Bordeaux but guillotined in this city on June 25, 1794 (hence perhaps the confusion).

Guérin, who espoused the ideas of the Revolution, he made several miniatures of the actors of this turbulent period of History.

CONDITION: Perect original condition

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thième et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe.