Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse & Francois Gerard

J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau)

Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse's original lithograph, J. J. Rousseau, was published for the series, Galerie du Palais Royal, sometime between 1825 and 1829. An early French lithographer, J. B. Mauzaisse was most highly regarded for his portraits, both based upon his own designs and those of his contemporaries. In the case of this portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau the designer was the famous French portrait and history painter, Baron Gerard, also known as Baron Francois Pascal Simon Gerard (1770-1837).

This original lithograph is printed upon fine chine colle and mounted onto a large sheet of wove paper as published for Galerie du Palais Royal between 1825 & 1829. It is signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse to the lower left and bears the official blindstamp ("Galerie lithographiee de S. A. Mgr le Duc d'Orleans") in the lower center margin. Jean Jacques Rousseau represents a beautiful, original example of the portrait art of both Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse and Baron Francois Pascal Simon Gerard.

Original Lithograph by the French artist, Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse designed by Francois Gerard.

J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau)

View other original lithographs published for the Galerie du Palais Royal.

Galerie lithographiee de son altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Note
01-		Charleroi (Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Ligny) by Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne designed by Horace Vernet.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	This impression bears the official 'Galerie du Palais Royal' blindstamp.
02.-		J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau) by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse designed by Baron Francois Gerard.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	Signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse and bears the official 'Galerie du Palais Royal' blindstamp.
03.-		La Marchande de Pommes (The Apple Seller) by Francois Bellay designed by Michel Martin Drolling.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	This impression bears the official 'Galerie du Palais Royal' blindstamp. The British Museum, London, includes an impression in its collection.
04.-		Napoleon (Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte) by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse.	Original Lithograph	Between 1825 & 1829	Signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse. The British Museum, London, includes an impression in its collection.

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Title:	J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau)
Artist:	Mauzaisse, Jean Baptiste (Corbeil, 1784 - Paris, 1844)
Designer:	Gerard, Francois Pascal Simon, 'Francois Gerard' (Rome, 1770 - Paris, 1837)
Date:	Between 1825 & 1829
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Galerie du Palais Royal
Note:	Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse: An early nineteenth century painter and lithographer of portraits and military scenes, Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse studied at the Ecole des beaux-arts, Paris, under Francois-Andre Vincent. He began exhibiting his art at the Paris Salon in 1804. Four years later the Salon awarded his painting, L'Arabe pleurant son coursier, the Gold Medal. With his reputation secured J. B. Mauzaisse received many important commissions: He produced paintings for the cathedrals of Bourges and Nantes and decorated several ceilings within the Louvre (1822). In 1823 Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur.
	Today the art of Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse is included in public collections in Bordeaux, Dijon, Pau, Amiens and Versailles. Major museums which house his art include the Louvre, Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
	J. B. Mauzaisse was among the earliest French painters to recognise the possibilities of lithography. In this medium he was most highly regarded for his portraits which exhibit both fines lines and tonal values.
	J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau) hails from the set of lithographs issued under the title, Galerie lithographiee de son altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans, now most usually called, Galerie du Palais Royal. In 1824, the Duke of Orleans decided to have his collection of then contemporary paintings published as a series of lithographs. Around two hundred lithographs were created by various artists and published in two parts, the first in 1825 and the second in 1829. The lithographs were printed in a limited edition and were available only to the subscribers, which numbered 487. After publication the lithographic stones were erased.
	Baron Francois Pascal Simon Gerard 'Francois Gerard': A major French painter of the early nineteenth century, Francois Pascal Simon Gerard studied art techniques in Paris, firstly under Pajou and Brenet and lastly (in 1786) under David. Gerard was highly influenced by David's famous classicism and remained faithful to this master's ideals throughout his career. After spending several years in Rome, Francois Gerard returned to Paris and started working for the publishers, illustrating editions of Virgil and Racine.
	In the first decade of the nineteenth century Francois Gerard's portraits reached a wide renown throughout Europe. His patrons included such individuals as Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis VIII, the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia. He was one of the original knights of the Legion of Honour and in 1819 was created a Baron.
	A Biographical Note: Jean Jacques Rousseau (Geneva, 1712 - Ermenonville, 1778) was arguably one of the most influential writers and philosophers of the eighteenth century. His great works include Discours sur Loraine de l'inegalite des homes (1754), La Nouvelle Heloise (1761), Emile (1762), Du Contrat social (1762), Confessions (1766-67) and Reveries du promeneur solitaire. For his writings Rousseau suffered official censorship and was forced to move from country to country.
	J. J. Rousseau advocated that God, nature and man were essentially good and that evil arises not from original sin but from man's social environment. He saw the ownership of property as the building block for inequality and cultural discord. As well, his veneration of nature and its forces was a precursor of early nineteenth century Romanticism in the arts.
Edition:	Around five hundred impressions
Provenance:	This original lithograph entitled, J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau) hails from the estate of LeRoy Latham (1874-1938). LeRoy Latham was Chairman of the Latham Lithographing Company, New York. His extensive collection of original lithographs was particularly noteworthy for its early French and English impressions.
Size:	12 1/8 X 8 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine chine colle and mounted onto a large sheet of wove paper as published for Galerie du Palais Royal on the above date. Signed in the stone by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse to the lower left. Bearing the official blindstamp ("Galerie lithographiee de S. A. Mgr le Duc d'Orleans") in the lower center margin. Containing slight scuffing in the outer margins, else a finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau) represents a beautiful, original example of the portrait art of both Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse and Baron Francois Pascal Simon Gerard.
Subject:	Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse, J. B. Mauzaisse, J. J. Rousseau (Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau) , original lithograph, Baron Francois Pascal Simon Gerard, original knights of the Legion of Honour, influential writers and philosophers of the eighteenth century, precursor of early nineteenth century Romanticism in the arts.
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