Louis Henri de Fontenay

[2] His artistic training began at the technical school of the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen (Society for Public Welfare) in Amsterdam.

[3] In 1841, he was a member of the Amsterdam branch of the "United Commission to Erect a Monument for Rembrandt", which was completed in 1852 by the sculptor, Louis Royer.

Although 1850 is usually cited as the year he moved to Paris, he had begun to exhibit at the Salon as early as 1845, and municipal records show him as a resident.

[1] In 1853, he presented Emperor Napoleon III with a miniature portrait of his father, Louis Bonaparte.

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