Jean-Baptiste Isabey
(1767–1855) fransk målare
Jean-Baptiste Isabey (France, 1767–1855) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jean-Baptiste Isabey belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean-Baptiste Isabey was born in Nancy and died in Paris. The teachers included Jean Girardet, Jean-Baptiste Claudot, and François Dumont. Jean-Baptiste Isabey worked in Nancy and Paris. Jean-Baptiste Isabey became a member of Académie de Stanislas (Nancy, France). The awards include Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Order of Leopold, and Imperial Order of Christ. The students included Arnold Wallick, Jean-Claude Rumeau, Édouard Liénard, and Wilhelm Unger.
The best-known works include ‘Moder med två barn’ and ‘Bonaparte at Malmaison’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 33 works by Jean-Baptiste Isabey with free images. The dated works span the years 1780–1840. Works by Jean-Baptiste Isabey are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nationalmuseum, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include William Alexander, Henri-François Riesener, Józef Peszka, Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, and Edward Dodwell.