Pair of a genre scene, attributed to Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789)

Etienne Jeaurat, February 9, 1699 - December 14, 1789
Pair of oils on panels representing "genre scenes".
French School of the 18th century
Dimensions of each panel: 24 cm x 19 cm
Carved wooden frames, gilded with gold, late 17th century

Etienne Jeaurat was born on February 9, 1699 in Vermenton (near Auxerre), died on December 14, 1789 in Versailles.
History painter, mythological subjects, genre scenes, interiors, portraits, designer
He was the most distinguished student of the painter Nicolas Vleughels who trained him and took him with him to Italy in 1724, when he was appointed director of the school in Rome. Accredited in 1731 by the Royal Academy, he was admitted on July 24, 1733 as a history painter, with the adventure of “Pyramus and Thisbe” as his reception piece.
Etienne Jeaurat had an excellent official career. He held several positions at the Academy: assistant professor on July 2, 1737; professor on July 6, 1743; deputy rector on March 7, 1761, rector on August 23, 1765; chancellor on February 24, 1781. He exhibited at all the salons from 1737 to 1769. He was, in addition, guard of the King's Cabinet at Versailles from 1767.
Its success was very great. It is necessary to mention, at the beginning of his career, several subjects after La Fontaine “L’Amour et la Folie”, 1732; The Donkey Carrying Relics, 1736. Louis XV commissioned four paintings from him on “The Loves of Daphnis and Chloé”, which appeared at the Salon of 1745.
Jeaurat excels in genre scenes, and even better in conversation scenes. His scenes are charming, full of movement and gripping with truth; depicting the Parisian street or domestic life as in his “Scoteuses de pois de la Halle, 1757”, his “Salad peelers” or his “Moving of the painter, 1755”. His “Conduct of the girls of joy at the Salpêtrière”, was praised in the criticism of the Salon of 1757 in France. This work undoubtedly remains the best known, and its paintings of life in the streets of Paris are picturesque and precious documents. Each of these paintings deserves a study. Jeaurat places himself next to the most spiritual Dutch and Flemish people.