Auguste Charpentier (1813–1880) was a French painter. He attained fame under the

Second French Empire The Second French Empire (; officially the French Empire, ), was the 18-year Empire, Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 14 January 1852 to 27 October 1870, between the French Second Republic, Second and the French Third Republic ...

as a portraitist for numerous celebrities of the time such as

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, bein ...

, Mademoiselle Rachel, Narcisse Diaz de la Pena,

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

, and Marie Delaporte.

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Musée des beaux-arts de Caen The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is a fine arts museum in the French city of Caen, founded at the start of the 19th century and rebuilt in 1971 within the ducal château. History Opening On September 1, 1801, the Minister of Interior Jean-A ...

: ''Pâtre italien'' (lost work), oil on canvas *

: ''Courtisane'', oil on canvas * Musée des beaux-arts de Dole : ''Portrait de Joseph Lyard'', oil on canvas *

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, Saint-Joseph Church : ''Sainte-Madeleine'', oil on canvas * Paris, Saint-Roch Church, ten paintings classified as historical monuments: ** ''Les Funérailles'', 1833, oil on canvas ** ''La Résurrection'', oil on canvas ** ''Les Saintes Femmes au sépulcre'', oil on canvas ** ''La Loi divine'', oil on canvas ** ''L'Innocence'', oil on canvas ** ''L'Extrême-onction'', oil on canvas ** ''La Force'', oil on canvas ** ''La Sagesse'', oil on canvas ** ''La Charité'', oil on canvas ** ''La Religion'', oil on canvas * Paris,

musée de la vie romantique The Musée de la Vie romantique (Museum of Romantic Life, or ''Museum of the Romantics'') stands at the foot of Montmartre hill in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, 16 rue Chaptal, Paris, France in an 1830 ''hôtel particulier'' facing two twin-stu ...

: ''Portrait de George Sand'', 1838, '' George Sand et ses amis à Nohan'' *

Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen is an art museum in Rouen, in Normandy in north-western France. It was established by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1801, and is housed in a building designed by and built between 1877 and 1888. Its collections include ...

: ''Portrait de Bocage, artiste dramatique'', before 1862, * Musée de

Vendôme Vendôme (, ) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Departments of France, department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest Communes of France, commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the ...

: ''Portrait de Charles Mansui * Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon : ''Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1808–1878)'', 1849, oil on canvas * Musée des beaux-arts de Bernay, ''Portrait de

Pierre-Victorien Lottin Pierre-Victorien Lottin, known as Victor Lottin de Laval (1810-1903) was a French archaeologist and Orientalist painter. Biography He was born into the modest family of a small-town hatter. His mother died when he was only seven so, by 1820, he ...

de Laval'', oil on canvas

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