Charles Berny d'Ouvillé explained

Claude Charles Antoine Berny d'Ouvillé or Charles Berny (1780–1842)[1] was a French painter and miniaturist. He made exhibitions of his paintings in the Salon de Paris from 1802 to 1833, one of this portraits is the one of the famous actress . His Étude de jeune fille dans un drapé classique is in the Wallace Collection.

He was born in Clermont. He married Eulalie Joséphine Biju-Duval d'Algreis in 1811, and they had a child, who was portrayed by Eugène Delacroix in 1828 (the portrait is in McIlhenney Collection in Philadelphia, U.S.). He died in Batignolles.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gemälde des 19. Jahrhunderts . 1921 . Leo Schidlof.