Louis Hersent

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Louis Hersent
Self-portrait, 1848
Born(1777-03-10)10 March 1777
Paris, France
Died2 October 1860(1860-10-02) (aged 83)
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
OccupationPainter

Louis Hersent (10 March 1777 – 2 October 1860)[1] was a French painter.

Life and career

He was born in

Louise-Marie-Jeanne Mauduit
in 1821.

His pupils were

Henry de Triqueti, and Théophile Auguste Vauchelet.[2]
His most considerable works under the First French Empire were Achilles parting from Briseis, and Atala dying in the arms of Chactas (both engraved in Landon's Annales du Musée); an Incident of the life of Fénelon, painted in 1810, found a place at Malmaison, and Passage of the Bridge at Landshut, which belongs to the same date, is now at Versailles.[1]

Hersent's typical works, however, belong to the period of the

Louis XVIII, who from the moment that Hersent rallied to the Restoration patronized him, made him officer of the Legion of Honour, and pressed his claims at the Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts), where he replaced van Spaendonck.[1]

He continued in favour under Charles X, for whom was executed Monks of Mount St Gotthard, exhibited in 1824. In 1831, Hersent made his last appearance at the Salon with portraits of Louis Philippe, Marie Amélie and the duke of Montpensier; that of the kingwas not considered by the anonymous author in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition as equal to the portrait of Spontini (Berlin), which the author considered probably Hersent's chef-d'œuvre.[1]

After this date, Hersent ceased to exhibit at the yearly salons. Although in 1846 he sent a likeness of

Delphine Gay and one or two other works to the rooms of the Société d'Artistes, he could not be tempted from his usual reserve even by the international contest of 1855.[1]

Gallery

  • Sophie Crouzet by Hersent, c. 1801[3]
    Sophie Crouzet by Hersent, c. 1801[3]
  • Mort de Xavier Bichat ou Bichat mourant assisté par les Drs Esparron et Roux (Exhibited at Salon of 1817)
    Mort de Xavier Bichat ou Bichat mourant assisté par les Drs Esparron et Roux (Exhibited at Salon of 1817)
  • Portrait de Madame Jean-Charles Clarmont, née Rosalie Favrin (1772-1858), 1828
    Portrait de Madame Jean-Charles Clarmont, née Rosalie Favrin (1772-1858), 1828
  • La Reine Marie-Amélie et ses Enfants, 1835
    La Reine Marie-Amélie et ses Enfants, 1835
  • Daphnis and Chloé
    Daphnis and Chloé

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hersent, Louis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 397.
  2. RKD
  3. ^ "Sophie Crouzet". 30 October 2018.

External links

Media related to Louis Hersent at Wikimedia Commons

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