JEAN-JACQUES FRANCOIS LE BARBIER (1738-1826).The Departure o...

JEAN-JACQUES FRANCOIS LE BARBIER (1738-1826).The Departure of the Citizen; and The Return of the Citizen, signed, watercolour, laid down on backing card, 12 x 15 1/2 in; a pair (2) Two engravings titled 'Le Depart du Citoyen' and 'Le Retour du Citoyen' after Barbier were published in 1792. Provenance: Private Collection, Monmouthshire. Although perhaps best known for his historical and allegorical works in the Neo-Classical style , the artist also painted a number of literary and genre scenes from every day life. He was a member of the Academie de Beaux Arts in Paris, and was made an Official Painter to the King of France by 1780.

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