François-Léon Benouville (1821–1859)
Figure study sketch, La Colère d'Achille / The Wrath of Achilles
A vintage French neoclassical or Greek Revival, academic pencil drawing, with sanguine numbered grid in the style of François-Léon Benouville, later copy in his style.
Dimensions: 26.3 x 20.2 cm, or 10" x 8" approx, on cream laid paper. Uneven trim.
Please note that a frame and mat is not included.
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François-Léon Benouville (1821–1859) was a French painter noted for his Neoclassical religious compositions and for painting Orientalist subjects. Léon Benouville first studied with his elder brother, Jean-Achille Benouville (1815–1891), in the studio of François-Edouard Picot before he transferred to École des Beaux-Arts in 1837. Like his brother he received the Prix de Rome in 1845. Both he and his brother travelled to Rome. In Rome, as a Prix de Rome pensionary at the Villa Medici. He remained there for a year, but his brother stayed on for two more years. His works produced in Rome are influenced by early Christianity and often show representations of antiquity. Benouville was best known for his portraits, mythological and religious compositions in the Neoclassical and Orientalist style. He worked in oils, ink and chalk.