Jean-Baptiste Huet (Paris 1745-1811)
Jean-Baptiste Huet (Paris 1745-1811)

Portrait of Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764-1811), small full-length, a quill in his left hand

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Jean-Baptiste Huet (Paris 1745-1811)
Portrait of Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764-1811), small full-length, a quill in his left hand
signed and dated 'J.B.Het /.1788.' (lower left, on a scroll) and inscribed 'Marie Joseph Chenier' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
12 x 9¼ in. (30.5 x 23.5 cm.)

拍品专文

This is the only known portrait by the artist, whose oeuvre consists mainly of pastoral and mythological scenes. Marie-Joseph Chenier was a playwright and poet specialising in historical subjects in revolutionary Paris. His best known work, Charles IX, was published in 1789.