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John James Masquerier was a British portrait painter from a Huguenot family. Born in London, he studied in Paris with François André Vincent from 1789. Returning to England in 1792, he continued his training at the Royal Academy Schools. His patrons included figures from intellectual and artistic circles. During another visit to Paris in 1800, he drew Napoleon from life.
His portraits also circulated in print: John Kirby’s likeness was engraved in mezzotint by Charles Turner and published by Masquerier in 1796. In his painted portrait of Gideon Mantell, dated 1837 and held by the Royal Society, the scientist appears at half length beside a fossil and a smaller bone. Mantell mentions this portrait in his diary entry for 3 June of that year.
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Oil on canvas
Portrait de femme
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-06-20
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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