MONVOISIN, Raymond Auguste Quinsac

(b. 1794 Quinsac, d. 1870 Boulogne-sur-Seine)

Raymond Monvoisin (also called Quinsac-Monvoisin), French painter and portraitist. He was a student of Pierre Lacour (1745-1814) in Bordeaux, and of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in Paris. Between 1821 and 1825 he stayed in Rome as the winner of the Academy of France in Rome.

Back in Paris, the artist is quickly recognized as a talented and promising painter. He receives official and private commissions, and exhibits at the Salons with great success. Nevertheless, in 1842, he decided to leave his studio and his family and sailed from Le Havre to Chile. His work is best known through the works he painted in Chile, about 600 portraits.

On his return to France in 1857 Monvoisin was forgotten and his works were not included in the official French art history.

Ali Pasha

Ali Pasha of Tepelena or of Yannina (1740-1822), was a Muslim Albanian ruler who served as an Ottoman pasha of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire’s European territory. The present portrait shows him with his favourite mistress Kira Vassiliki.

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The Prince de Joinville Leaving for the Marine

Fran�ois-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d’Orl�ans, prince de Joinville, (1818-1900) was the son of Louis-Philippe, duc d’Orl�ans, later king of the French from 1830 to 1848. He was a naval officer and writer on military topics, prominent in the modernization of the French Navy.

In spring 1831, aged twelve, the prince de Joinville is about to leave on the ship Art�mise. Promoted captain at twenty years old and rear admiral at twenty five, he was a real asset to the French marine corps. He encouraged the use of steam engines in warfare and contributed to its development.

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