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Louis-Léopold Boilly

156 works

Boilly gave trompe-l'œil its name. Read more

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Oil portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, grey coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Half-length portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, gold headband, white ruffled dress and pearl earrings against a dark b

Portrait of a Woman

Crowded street scene before the Jardin Turc entrance, with elegantly dressed people, children, a dog, and a large tree.

Entrance to the Jardin Turc

1812

Painting of a toddler in a white turban and green vest kneeling with a ball, pretzel, and marionette doll beside a red bench.

Portrait of a Boy

ca. 1805

Two women in period dress crown a statuette of Cupid with roses in a dim interior beside a folding screen.

The statuette of Cupid is crowned

1776-1845

Painting of two women and a young girl in an interior, one adjusting the earring of a seated woman in white satin.

The gift

1776-1845

Painting of a woman in pink holding an oval portrait of herself as a man leans in, with an elderly woman, child and dog nearb

Woman Showing Her Portrait

1790

Family and a soldier gather around a table to read a map in a dim interior with dogs and children.

The Reading of the Bulletin of the Grand...

1807

Trompe l'oeil still life of pinned objects: a pouch, bottle, scissors, knife, dividers, letters with wax seals, and a sketch.

Various Objects

1785

Woman in white dress standing in an artist's studio beside plaster casts, a red chair, and an empty easel.

The Artist's Wife in His Studio

1795

Oil painting of two men in greatcoats and a woman in a white gown examining a print against a dark background.

Les amateurs d'estampes

1800

Crowded 1807 interior with a billiards table, women in white gowns, men in top hats, children and dogs under a skylight.

Game of Billiards

1807

Group of men gathered in a classical studio interior with an easel, busts, and wall reliefs, painted in 1798.

Meeting of Artists in Isabey's Studio

1798

Grisaille painting of a laurel-crowned officer and winged Victory riding a chariot pulled by horses, with classical women and

The Triumph of Tsar Alexander I or The Peace

1814

Painting of a street with a furniture-laden cart, people and dogs, and a domed building in warm sunlight.

The Movings

1822

Oil portrait of a man with thinning dark hair in a dark coat and white open shirt, hand resting on a ledge, dark background.

Portret van een man

1825

Painting of two women in a studio with an easel, plaster casts, a drawing board and classical sculpture.

A Painter's Studio

c. 1800

Half-length portrait of a young girl with brown hair in a white gathered dress against a dark background.

Caroline Mortier de Trévise

c. 1810/1812

Half-length portrait of a young girl with reddish-brown hair in a white gathered dress against a dark brown background.

Malvina Mortier de Trévise

c. 1810/1812

Painting of a crowded city street with fashionable figures, children, dogs and a shop front beside a garden wall.

The Card Sharp on the Boulevard

1806

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a white dress and blue sash holding a straw hat, set in a landscape with a villa.

Portrait de Mademoiselle Athénaïs d'Albenas

1807

Half-length portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a red fur-trimmed jacket against a dark background.

Portrait d'un acteur, en veste rouge bordée de fourrure

1800

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat, yellow lapels and white cravat, against a brown background.

Portrait dit du colonel Gustave Pourlin

1827

Painting of children dressing a spotted dog in a white bonnet in a wood-floored interior with a chest of drawers.

Le bonnet de la grand-mère

1830

Bust portrait of a man in a black hat with red plume, white cravat and red-collared grey jacket against dark background.

Portrait d'un acteur en veste blanche à collet rouge

1800

Oil portrait of a smiling woman with curled dark hair in a white dress with a ruffled collar, against a dark background.

Portrait de femme en robe blanche

1805

Oil portrait of a seated woman with a floral headpiece, white fichu and grey dress, resting on a green gilded chair.

Portrait présumé de Lucile Desmoulins (1771-1794)

1790

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, white headband, red gown with gold clasps, against a dark background.

Portrait de Caroline Branchu (1780-1850), chanteuse

1810

Painting of a street crowd watching a tightrope walker and musicians on a platform, with classical statues at right.

L'Estrade

1805

Painting of a man in sans-culotte dress holding a tricolor flag, with a clay pipe, against a dark mountain landscape.

Portrait du chanteur Simon Chenard (1758-1832), en costume de sans-culotte, porte-drapeau lors de la fête en l'honneu…

1792

Crowd of Parisians scrambling around a platform under trees on the Champs-Elysées during a wine distribution, with a soldier

Distribution de vin et de comestibles aux Champs-Elysées, à l'occasion de la fête du roi

1822

Oval portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a grey background.

Portrait du général Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753-1800)

1800

Boilly gave trompe-l'œil its name. At the Salon of 1800 he showed a painting of overlapping prints and papers under broken glass and called it Un trompe-l'œil. Critics laughed it off as a stunt, but the public loved it. He was born in La Bassée in northern France, taught himself to paint and moved to Paris around 1787. He painted about 5,000 portraits and many crowded, often funny scenes of urban middle-class life. Browse 156 works by Louis-Léopold Boilly from 33 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia