#amaury-duval

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La Naissance de Venus by Amaury-Duval (1862)

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La Naissance de Venus - Amaury-Duval // No Shame - 5 Seconds of Summer

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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: this soft portrait by Amaury-Duval - Musée des Beaux-arts, Bordeaux.

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The birth of Venus (1862) | Amaury-Duval (1808-1885)

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Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval - Madame de Loynes (1862)

When Amaury-Duval painted her portrait, the Comtesse de Loynes was still just Jeanne de Tourbey. The daughter of working-class parents from Reims, she took advantage of her beauty and wit to conquer Paris and, through her lover Prince Napoleon, to open one of the most brilliant Second Empire literary salons. This was keenly attended by writers and critics such as Charles Sainte-Beuve, Hippolyte Taine, Alexandre Dumas, and also Gustave Flaubert, who admired her "panther-like graces and devilish wit". To do justice to such charms, Amaury-Duval called upon all the expertise he'd gleaned from portraits by his master Ingres; set in a jewel case of buttercup silk cushions, the brilliant black taffeta gown —extended by the deep purple drape and the jet-black hair— lend the downy face the opaline brightness of moonlight. The hypnotic gaze from the shaded gray eyes, framed by earrings in the neo-Greek style, celebrates the gift of this "admirable listener". But, comparable to the gaze of the Comtesse de Castiglione in her photographic self-portraits, this stage effect also introduces the intoxicating allure of the female sphinx, the enigmatic femme fatale, which enjoyed great success with the symbolists at the end of the century. The critic Emile Cantrel observed that, "There is a world and a half-world in those eyes". (source)

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EMMANUEL AMAURY-DUVAL

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Pre-crinoline Victorian dresses (from top to bottom) -

1837 Maria Louise Alexandrine von Preußen geb. Prinzessin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach by Carl Joseph Begas (Klassik Stiftung Weimar, specific location ?). From Wikimedia 1311X1542.

ca. 1840 Lady Flora Hastings possibly by Edward Finden after E. Hawkins;  portrait from the book Hastings of Hastings. From Wikimedia, attributions from British Museum Web site 2275X2263.

1840 Junge Dame bei der Toilette by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Wien Museum or Museen der Stadt Wien, specific location ? - Wien, Austria). From Wikimedia 1632X2048.

1842 Marquise Louis-Frédéric Foucher de Circé, née Marie-Marguerite Burthe by Amaury Duval (Musée Sainte-Croix - Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France). From Wikimedia; fixed spots, creases, & flaws w Pshop 743X1000.

Marie Karoline Austria Teschen by Robert Theer (auctioned by Christie's) From the lost gallery's photostream on flickr; fixed spots w Pshop 1884X2312.

Unknown woman by Sergey Zaryanko (Tyumen Regional Museum of Fine Arts - Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, Russia). From theebonswan.blogspot.com/2018/12/portrait-of-unknown-woman-1840s-sergey.html?view=magazine 781X999.

Probably Lady Adelaide Emelina Caroline Vane by Sir Francis Grant (auctioned by Christie's). From their Web site 1196X1574.

1842 Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony by Joseph Karl Stieler (location ?) From the lost gallery; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 1459X1951.

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"The Birth Of Venus" by Amaury-Duval.

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Amaury-Duval, Madame de Loynes, 1862, musée d’Orsay

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Amaury-Duval (1808 - 1885), Portrait de Mme de Noynes, Jeanne de Tourbey (1837-1908), comtesse de Loynes, 1862 Huile sur toile, Paris, Musée D'orsay

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Amaury-Duval - Madame de Loynes (1862)

When Amaury-Duval painted her portrait, the Comtesse de Loynes was still just Jeanne de Tourbey. The daughter of working-class parents from Reims, she took advantage of her beauty and wit to conquer Paris and, through her lover Prince Napoleon, to open one of the most brilliant Second Empire literary salons.

This was keenly attended by writers and critics such as Charles Sainte-Beuve, Hippolyte Taine, Alexandre Dumas, and also Gustave Flaubert, who admired her "panther-like graces and devilish wit".

To do justice to such charms, Amaury-Duval called upon all the expertise he'd gleaned from portraits by his master Ingres; set in a jewel case of buttercup silk cushions, the brilliant black taffeta gown —extended by the deep purple drape and the jet-black hair— lend the downy face the opaline brightness of moonlight.

The hypnotic gaze from the shaded gray eyes, framed by earrings in the neo-Greek style, celebrates the gift of this "admirable listener".

But, comparable to the gaze of the Comtesse de Castiglione in her photographic self-portraits, this stage effect also introduces the intoxicating allure of the female sphinx, the enigmatic femme fatale, which enjoyed great success with the symbolists at the end of the century.

The critic Emile Cantrel observed that, "There is a world and a half-world in those eyes". (source)

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Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval: “Portrait of Isaure Chassériau”(Niece of the Artist, Daughter of Théodore Chassériau) 1838, Oil on canvas, Dimensions; 117 x 90 cms | 46 x 35 1/4 ins, Current location: Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France.

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Madame de Loynes -  Amaury-Duval

1862

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The Birth of Venus (1862). Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (French, 1808-1885). Oil on canvas. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille.

"And Venus Astarte, daughter of the bitter wave, / Shaken, still a virgin, her mother's tears / And fertilized the world by twisting her hair." These lines are from Alfred de Musset. They are pictured here by Amaury-Duval in this representation of Venus, soft, pink and smooth.

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Early Victorian dresses -

Top: Erzherzogin Hildegard, Prinzessin von Bayern by Franz Schrotzberg (Neumeister - 30 Mar22 auction Lot 1490). Removed spots with Photoshop 3497X3855 @300 2.1Mj.

Second row left: 1838 Isaure Chassériau by Eugène Amaury-Duval (Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes - Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France). From heaveninawildflower.tumblr.com/post/180980214063/eugène-amaury-duval-1808-1885-portrait-of 1280X1707 @72 608kj.

Second row right: 1845 Louise von Wertheimstein, née Biedermann by Anton Einsle (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere - Wien, Austria). From history-of-fashion 857X1123 @72 217kj.

Third row left: Lady by Johann Gotthard von Müller (Neumeister - 30Mar22 auction Lot 1474) 3193X4016 @300 7.3Mj.

Third row right: Jeune femme by Eugène Devéria (Osenat - 14Nov21 auction Lot 187) 1943X2716 @144 5.5Mp.

Bottom row left: ca. 1850 Juliane Elise Lerpent, née Mathiesen by David Monies (Linderud gård - Oslo, Norway). From tumgir.com/aneacostumes; enlarged by half 810X1025 @72 202kj.

Bottom row right: ca. 1850 Agnes Hedevig Mathiesen, née Ruwald by David Monies (Linderud gård - Oslo, Norway). From tneacostumes.tumblr.com/post/162948107571/1840s-silk-dresses-with-focus-on-fan-pleated 859X1140 @72 207kj.

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Amaury-Duval // Madame de Loynes // 1862