Charles-Émile Callande de Champmartin (Bourges 1797-1883 La - Lot 41

Charles-Émile Callande de Champmartin (Bourges 1797-1883 La Neuville-en-Hez) Portrait of a young man, depicted at mid-body, in blue-green frac, white tie, face turned to the right. Oil on canvas 66 x 53 cm. Presented in a Restauration-period frame, in stuccoed and gilded wood, decorated with palmettes. On the lower margin of the frame, annotations in black ink, probably dating from the first half of the 19th century, identifying the artist. H. 81cm - L. 67cm (with frame). (as is, restorations) A friend of Delacroix and Victor Hugo, Callande de Champmartin exhibited at the Salon from 1823, mainly portraits and religious subjects. He painted portraits of artistic and literary figures such as Juliette Drouet, Eugène Sue, Jules Janin, Léon Cogniet and Eugène Delacroix.