Julien Léopold Boilly
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)
- Euterpe and Polyhymnia 1851
- Suzanne et les vieillards
- Thalia and Melpomene 1851
- Apollon et les Muses – Title page 1851
- Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Huzard 1796-1874
- Clio and Urania 1851
- Prud’hon. 1820
- Hersent 1822
- Bosio 1821
- Girodet-Trioson 1822
- Good Friday procession in Quito
- Tête d’enfant endormi 1761-1845
- Elèves de l’atelier de Gros
- Le Chevalier Regnault 1820
- Apollo and Calliope 1851
- Trompe L’oeil Of A Bookshelf With A Terracotta Relief
- Guerin 1820
- Terpsichore and Erato 1851
- The Auction
- Portrait du sculpteur Bosio 1821