Lot 336: Style of François-Joseph Kinsoen , Belgian 1771-1839 Portrait of a Mother and Child oil on canvas

oil on canvas

182 by 131cm., 71¾ by 51½in.

François-Joseph Kinsoen initially received training at the Academy of Art in Brussels, his birthplace. A classically-educated pupil of Bernard Fricx, and then of J.-B. Suvée upon relocation to Paris, Kinsoen became known for the history paintings in the style of Jacques-Louis David.

He was nominated official portraitist of Jérôme Bonaparte, king of Westphalia, in 1808, and later the Duke of Angoulême and Leopold I, king of Belgium. Kinsoen is best known for the refined elegance and rich detail of his portraits, which would have a powerful influence on works such as the present.