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Henri Nicolas van Gorp

Born : 1756Died : 1819Documented citizenships : France

Henri-Nicolas Van Gorp is particularly noted as a portraitist; his genre scenes, too, circulated beyond painting, often reproduced as prints. An engraving attributed to him depicts a meeting of the Jacobin Club chaired by Alexandre de Lameth, in the library of the Jacobin convent; the source links it to the musée Carnavalet.

Received as a student at the Académie royale in June 1773 and placed under the protection of Étienne Jeaurat, he remained there for about twelve years as a pensioner. The source presents him as a pupil or fellow student of Louis-Léopold Boilly. He exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1796 to 1819.

During the Directory, he lived on rue du Coq-Honoré, before residing at no. 203 rue Saint-Honoré, at least until 1802. Over the course of his career, he also became a gouache manufacturer.

This profile brings together identity references for Henri Nicolas van Gorp and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

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1auction house

Piguet

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Works recorded at auction

Photograph : Piguet · Enlarge image ↗

Piguet

Portrait of a man

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Portrait d'homme
huile sur toile

Date to be documented

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Sources and references

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Profile updated : 2026-10-20