Simon Jacques Rochard English Portrait Miniature of Woman c1825-30
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A fine watercolor on natural wafer, done by Simon Jacques Rochard. The sitter, a rather sexy looking young woman with blue eyes is wearing a decollete black dress with a bow at the bodice, a white underslip, gold necklaces, and a black lace veil in her reddish-brown ringletted hair. This work is an excellent example typifying the "Romantic" genre popular at the time it was painted.
The condition is excellent, with no flaws to speak of, as is the condition of the later gold case. The sight size is 3 3/8" by 2 1/2".
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: 1. Although born in Paris in 1788, Rochard spent the majority of his career working in London from 1816 to 1846, and died in 1872 in Brussels.
2. Simon began drawing in crayon at the age of 12 in order to support his mother and family. He later studied miniature painting under Bonnieu, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, and Louis Aubry, also copying miniatures for Pauline Augustin.
3. Rochard moved to London in 1816 and between 1816 and 1845 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Royal Society of British Artists. Almost from the beginning he became very successful, enabling him to become wealthy and to collect old masters. His work is part of the collections of the V & A, the Louvre, the Ashmolean, and many other museums worldwide.
