Antoine Chazal Explained

Antoine Chazal
Birth Date:1793 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Field:Painting, engraving

Antoine Chazal (8 November 1793 in Paris – 12 August 1854 in Paris) was a French painter of flowers and of portraits, as well as an engraver. He studied under Misbach, Bidauld, and Van Spaendonck, and became Professor of Iconography at the Jardin des Plantes. Besides portraits, flowers, and fruit, he painted a few landscapes and altar-pieces for churches. He also engraved a portrait of Cardinal La Fare. Chazal died in Paris in 1854.[1]

Engravings

Chazal drew many effigies for the engraver and publisher Ambroise Tardieu, who does not mention it in his prints (see below the legends of the portraits)[2]

Notes and References

  1. Philippe Nusbaumer, Antoine Chazal, 1793-1854, Vie et Œuvre, Le Pecq, 2013, préface de Pierre Rosenberg, .
  2. Philippe Nusbaumer, "Antoine Chazal, 1793-1854, Life and Work", chapter Ambroise Tardieu, p. 556.