Pierre Duval Le Camus

Eustache-Marie Courtin, 1813, now in the Palace of Versailles

Pierre Duval Le Camus, a French genre and portrait painter, was born at Lisieux in 1790. He studied under David, and became painter-in-ordinary to the Duchess of Berry. He died at St. Cloud in 1854. Amongst his works are:

  • The Baptism. 1819.
  • The Brothers of the Christian Doctrine. 1822.
  • Interior of a Kitchen. 1824.
  • Ennui. 1827.
  • Labourer's Family returning from school. 1827.
  • Halt of Huntsmen. 1837.
  • Wolf-Hunting. 1838.
  • The Blessing of Orphans. (Louvre.)
  • The First Gatherings of Harvest. (Louvre.)
  • Pifferaro teaching his Son. (Louvre.)
  • An Interior. (Bordeaux Museum.)

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Duval-le-Camus, Pierre". In Graves, Robert Edmund. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.


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