Caroline de Bourbon, Duchess of Berry by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne de Gisors

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne (1770,

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) was a French painter and

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. He became known after the exposition of 1804 and was a royal painter during

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. His works are quite realistic.

Biography

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne, known as ''Duchesne de Gisors'', a French painter of miniatures and enamels, was born at Gisors in 1770. He was the son of Jean Baptiste Duchesne, a sculptor, and a pupil of

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. He exhibited at first under the name of Duchesne, afterwards under that of Duchesne des Argillers, and finally, from 1833 until his death, under that of Duchesne de Gisors. He died at Gisors in 1856.

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