Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey 1803-1886 - Bride presentation in Seville oil on canvas
An interesting historical scene painted by Louis Gabriel Eugene Isabey, he depicts the presentation of a bride towards the end of the 17th century, certainly in Seville. The bride is on the doorstep of an illustrious House, accompanied by her family and certainly a few courtiers. The pressure of arranged marriages, the constraints of rank and social constraints, meant that future brides rarely chose each other.
Louis Gabriel Isabey's paintings of this quality can only be found in major collections or museums around the world (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States... ) and his pupils include many illustrious painters (Eugene Boudin, Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager, Stanislas Gorin, Adolphe Hervier, Fritz Hildebrandt, Johan Barthold Jongkind, Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg, George Loring Brown, Jean-Baptiste Messager, Clara Montalba, Charles Théodore Sauvageot, Théodore Alexander Weber...).
Our painting is signed lower right.
Sizes unframed: H 14.96 In. - W 18.11 In.
Sizes with frame: H 20.86 In. - W 24.01 In.
In fine condition, framed in carved and gilded molded wood.
Biography:
Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey 1803-1886, French painter and watercolorist, was an eminent example of Romanticism and academic realism.
His father Jean-Baptiste, active as an artist, first as a miniature painter and draughtsman, then as a portrait painter, was Louis Gabriel Eugène's teacher. He taught him all the techniques important to the practice of his art, despite Louis Gabriel Isabey's ambition to become a sailor. His father insisted that he study the art of painting.
In 1824, he decided to rent an artist's studio with landscape painter Auguste Xavier Leprince.
In 1831, Isabey received an important order to accompany a French diplomatic mission to Morocco. He declined the contract because of the worrying political situation. His friend Eugene Delacroix replaced him, and the resulting works are today considered classics of Orientalism.
Isabey's artistic career was marked by success, leading to his appointment as court painter, both for his marine paintings of the royal campaign in Africa, and for his maritime scenes: harbors, bays and beaches, ships and wrecks, or storm scenes with thundering waves on the high seas.
In 1832, he was named Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.
Louis Gabriel Eugene Isabey painted beautiful scenes and historical landscapes, but towards the end of his career, historical scenes became more brutal: duels, massacres or robberies.
During a trip to England, Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey studied the works of William Turner, one of the most important English artists of the Romantic period.
Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey died in 1886 at the age of 83.
In addition to oil paintings, his considerable output also includes watercolors, drawings and lithographs.
