Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne (1770, Gisors, Eure - 1856, Paris) was a French painter and miniaturist.
He became known after the exposition of 1804 and was a royal painter during Restoration. His works are quite realistic.
Biography
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne, known as Duchesne de Gisors, a French painter of miniatures and enamels, was born at Gisors in 1770. He was the son of Jean Baptiste Duchesne, a sculptor, and a pupil of Vincent. He exhibited at first under the name of Duchesne, afterwards under that of Duchesne des Argillers, and finally, from 1833 until his death, under that of Duchesne de Gisors. He died at Gisors in 1856.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Duchesne, Jean Baptiste Joseph". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
  | This article about a French painter born in the 18th century is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1770 births
- 1856 deaths
- People from Eure
- Artists from Normandy
- 18th-century French painters
- French male painters
- 19th-century French painters
- French enamellers
- 19th-century enamellers
- 18th-century enamellers
- 18th-century French artisans
- French portrait miniaturists
- 19th-century French male artists
- 18th-century French male artists
- French painter, 18th-century birth stubs