VALLIN, Jacques-Antoine - b. ~1760 Paris, d. ~1831 Paris - WGA

VALLIN, Jacques-Antoine

(b. ~1760 Paris, d. ~1831 Paris)

French painter. He was the son of a sculptor and entered the school of the French Academy in Paris in about 1775. He was taught by Antoine-François Callet and Antoine Renou (1731-1806).

His work represents the complexity of the artistic movements at the turn of two centuries. He specialized in paintings of nymphs and bacchantes in landscapes, but he painted portraits, too.

He exhibited at the Salon between 1791 and 1827.

Portrait of a Young Lady in Classical Dress
Portrait of a Young Lady in Classical Dress by

Portrait of a Young Lady in Classical Dress

In this charming portrait of a young woman, Jacques-Antoine Vallin, an artist known for his bacchantes and landscape scenes, appears to be working in a manner influenced by the artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Sleeping Venus
Sleeping Venus by

Sleeping Venus

The painting is signed and dated lower right: ‘Vallin / 1823’.

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