Le carnet Meuricoffre - Portraits d'Antoine Jean Gros

WRITTEN IN FRENCH

The identical reproduction of the Meuricoffre album, acquired by the Louvre in 2018, is a great opportunity to leaf through one of the only two portrait books attributed to Antoine Jean Gros (the other being in a private collection).
A precious testimony to Gros' activity as a portraitist...

WRITTEN IN FRENCH

The identical reproduction of the Meuricoffre album, acquired by the Louvre in 2018, is a great opportunity to leaf through one of the only two portrait books attributed to Antoine Jean Gros (the other being in a private collection).
A precious testimony to Gros' activity as a portraitist in Italy (1793-1800), it illustrates the privileged relationship that the painter maintained in Genoa with the family of the Franco-Swiss banker Jean-Georges Meuricoffre (1750-1807) and his wife, the famous opera singer Celeste Coltellini (1760-1828).
The study accompanying the publication of the notebook reveals the previously unknown identity of the characters. A material description of the album, an essential scientific support for its understanding, completes the discussion.

French language
2 volumes in a box set
Facsimile booklet: 112 pages / Booklet: 92 pages, 16 illustrations

Coédition Officina Libraria / Louvre éditions
Carnets et albums. Dessins du musée du Louvre No 8