Louis Marie AUTISSIER (1772–1830) - Lot 38

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Louis Marie AUTISSIER (1772–1830) - Lot 38
Louis Marie AUTISSIER (1772–1830) Self-portrait of the artist, oil on panel, with a crack, signed lower right, 13.2 x 10.8 cm Inscriptions: On the reverse, an old handwritten inscription: “Autissier / portrait of the artist painted by himself.” An old handwritten label containing biographical details about the artist. Note: Born in Vannes on February 8, 1772, Louis-Marie Autissier was a student of Vautrin, a former court painter to Stanislas, King of Poland, who later became a drawing instructor at the Naval Academy in Vannes. He quickly made a name for himself in Paris, then settled in Brussels in 1796, which remained the center of his career. From there, he made regular visits to Paris; to Lille, to stay with his patron, the art collector Malfait; to Ghent, where the Academy elected him as a member in 1812; and to Holland, where he was awarded the title of painter to the king. A highly sought-after miniaturist, he painted portraits of, among others, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland; Napoleon I; the King of Rome; Louis XVIII; William I, King of the Netherlands; the Duke of Wellington; and Admiral Sir Sidney Smith. He died in Brussels on September 4, 1830, as an honorary member of the Royal Society of Fine Arts of that city. Lucien Lemaire, who published the first monograph on him in 1912, counts his self-portraits among his most remarkable works. Provenance: Belgian private collection; passed down through the family.
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