Apr 27, 2017

Christie's

Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris) Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length oil on panel 9 ½ x 7 ½ in. (23.5 x 18.5 cm.)

Apr 27, 2017

Christie's

Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée, near Lille 1761-1845 Paris) A _trompe l'oeil _of an ivory and wood crucifix signed and inscribed 'L. Boilly. pinx: / rue Meslée. n°. 12, / A Paris.' (center left, on the _cartellino_) oil on canvas 25 ½ x 19 1/8 in. (65 x 48.5 cm.)

Apr 27, 2017

Christie's

Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris) Portrait of a lady, bust-length oil on canvas, unlined 8 ¾ x 6 ¾ in. (22.3 x 17.2 cm.)

Apr 27, 2017

Christie's

Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris) La bouillie pour le chats (The soup for the cats) signed 'L.Boilly' (lower right) oil on canvas, unlined 12 ¾ x 16 1/8 in. (32.4 x 40.9 cm.)

Sep 14, 2016

Christie's

LOUIS-LÉOPOLD BOILLY (LA BASSÉE 1761-1845 PARIS) _L'Heureuse famille_ huile sur toile 27,1 x 32,7 cm. (10 5/8 x 12 7/8 in.)

Jul 5, 2016

Sotheby's

Jun 16, 2016

Sotheby's

Apr 13, 2016

Christie's

Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris) La tasse de chocolat ('The Cup of Chocolate') oil on paper, laid down on canvas 16 ¼ x 11 7/8 in. (44.3 x 30 cm.)

Apr 13, 2016

Christie's

Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris) The departure of the conscripts on 2 February 1807 in front of the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris signed 'L. Boilly' and inscribed 'CONSCRITS DE L'AN. 1807' and 'Départ des Conscrits de paris, le 2 fevrier 1807.' black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, grey wash heightened with white 20 3/8 x 36 5/8 in. (51.7 x 93 cm.)

January 28, 2016

Sotheby's

Jean Elleviou (1769-1842), an operatic tenor, was one of the most celebrated French singers of his time.  Though he made his debut in 1790 at the Comédie Italienne as a baritone in Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny’s Le Déserteur, a year later he performed in a tenor role in Nicolas Dalayrac’s Philippe et Georgette.  Elleviou toured in Italy in 1795 and throughout France in 1795-97, returning to Paris to perform at the Opéra-Comique (the newly renamed Comédie Italienne).  Elleviou was famed for the remarkable sweetness and flexibility of his voice, and for his excellent diction.  In addition, his charm and handsome figure on stage made him a favorite with Parisian audiences. Boilly’s portrait of Elleviou depicts the young singer in his role in Le Prisonnier or La Ressemblance, a comic opera in one act with music by Domenico Della-Maria and libretto by Alexendre Duval, which premiered at the Théâtre Feydeau on 29 January 1798.  The painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon in July of 1798 as no. 41, “Portrait du Cen. Elleviou, Artiste du théâtre de L’Opéra-Comique national, représenté dans le costume de son rôle dans la jolie pièce du Prisonnier.”1  Two years later, in the Salon of 1800, Boilly exhibited a trompe l’oeil painting depicting various drawings and prints including at center an “engraving” that reproduces his earlier portrait of Elleviou.  The artist also included his own self-portrait in the composition at lower left (fig. 1).   1.  Collection des livrets des anciennes expositions….Salon de 1798, Paris 1871, p. 16.