Pierre Duval Le Camus

Once there, he found himself attracted to the arts instead and began taking lessons from Claude Gautherot.

As a result, he met and married Courtin's niece, Aglaé Virginie d'Houlouve; a fortunate marriage that opened the doors of high society to him, as her grandfather had been President of the Bar Association of the Parlement of Paris and her father was a cavalry officer.

In addition to his numerous portraits, of both the notable and the now-forgotten, he was also much appreciated for his genre scenes.

[2] In 1837, he founded the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Lisieux and was named a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor.

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