{"product_id":"rose-hugo-french-school-early-19th-century-portrait-of-the-artists-sister","title":"Julie Hugo French School Early 19th.Century Portrait Of The Artists Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJulie Hugo (Louise Rose Julie Duvidal de Montferrier 1797-1865). French School Early 19th.Century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePortrait of Zöe Jacqueline Duvidal de Montferrier, The artists sister. Circa 1815.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePencil and Wash, Inscribed on label verso. 40.6 x 33cm. Slight foxing to no real detriment. Superb Empire period gilt gesso frame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulie Hugo was born in Paris, daughter of Jean Jacques Duvidal Marquis de Montferrier (1752-1829). She was a student of Jacques Louis David and later François Gérard. She served as an official copyist of works by Ingres and Delacroix, and often copied works by her mentor Gérard for French institutions.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOf her original works, many portraits and historical paintings were exhibited at the Salon from 1819 to 1827. She painted two mythological scenes to be hung above doors in the Chateau Rambouillet these are now displayed in the Louvre.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe has the distinction of being the only female artist to have a painting hanging in the French National Assembly\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e This work, \u003ci\u003eThe Vow of St. Clothilde\u003c\/i\u003e (1819), has hung there for two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"mf-section-2 collapsible-block open-block\" id=\"content-collapsible-block-1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was the art tutor to Adele Foucher, the wife of\u003cspan\u003e Victor Hugo\u003c\/span\u003e. At first Victor Hugo viewed Julie Hugo as a negative influence on Foucher, but following her marriage to his older brother, Abel, they were eventually reconciled.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHer marriage to\u003cspan\u003e Abel Hugo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproduced two children: Léopold Armand Hugo (1828–1895) and Joseph Napoléon Jules Hugo (1835–1863). She died in Brussels on 10 April 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"section-heading collapsible-heading\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"References\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"content-collapsible-block-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Patrick Boyd-Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41822979588289,"sku":"","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/0291\/6033\/products\/20220804_205954.jpg?v=1659761897","url":"https:\/\/www.pbcfineart.co.uk\/products\/rose-hugo-french-school-early-19th-century-portrait-of-the-artists-sister","provider":"Patrick Boyd-Carpenter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}