Julien Léopold Boilly
Artworks: 22
Master of lithographic portraits and caricatures
Julien-Léopold Boilly, also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France (1820–1821) and his booklet Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l’Institut (1820) containing watercolor caricatures of seventy-three famous mathematicians, in particular the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre, the only known portrait of him. Born in Paris on 30 August 1796, he was a son of the genial painter-engraver Louis-Léopold Boilly. Admitted to the lycée at Versailles 15 December 1806, he painted portraits and illustrated books with lithographs. He also collected autographs. He died on 14 June 1874.
Artworks by this artist (22 total)
- Girodet-Trioson 1822
- Hersent 1822
- Portrait du sculpteur Bosio 1821
- The Temptation of St. Anthony 19th century
- Thalia and Melpomene 1851
- Prud’hon. 1820
- Apollon et les Muses – Title page 1851
- Good Friday procession in Quito
- Clio and Urania 1851
- Gros. 1820
- Suzanne et les vieillards
- Trompe L’oeil Of A Bookshelf With A Terracotta Relief
- Guerin 1820
- Apollo and Calliope 1851
- Elèves de l’atelier de Gros
- Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Huzard 1796-1874
- Tête d’enfant endormi 1761-1845
- Terpsichore and Erato 1851
- Le Chevalier Regnault 1820
- Bosio 1821