Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval
Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Pineux Duval (16 April 1808 – 25 December 1885), better known by the pseudonym Amaury-Duval, was a French painter.
He first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1833 with many portraits such as his Green Lady (no longer extant) and his Self-portrait (still to be seen in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes[1]).
From 1834 to 1836 he took a long Grand Tour to Florence, Rome, and Naples, where he discovered Italian Renaissance art.
Their taste is well-conceived, facilely executed and all of a breath; but their portraits are often tainted by a pretentious and maladroit affectedness.
It is known with what admirable bonhomie they researched their distinguished tones, that is to say the tones which (even if they are intense) scream like the devil and holy water, like marble and vinegar; but when they are excessively pale and take a homeopathic dose, the effect is more surprising than sad: there is their grand triumph!76 paintings and drawings by Duval are known, including the following:
