18th century blog

Self portrait, 1795.

French painter Louis-Léopold Boilly on Wikipedia. The wikipedia article is pretty much empty though, so here’s another link with a short biography.

More paintings after the cut.

Edit: Updated this post with more paintings and better quality pictures.

Lady at her toilette.

Prelude.

The improvised concert, or The price of harmony, 1790.

The jealous old man, 1791.

The sorrows of love, 1790.

Those who inspire love extinguish it, or The philosopher, 1790.

Woman showing her portrait, ca. 1790.

Couple with an escaped bird.

At the entrance, 1796-1798.

The painter, mid 1780s.

The Gohin family, 1787.

The Visit Received, 1789.

The joy of motherhood, 1796. This painting was posted in a Livejournal community as being by Van Gorp, but I think there’s a possibility it might actually be by Boilly or at least be a copy of his work.