Joseph-Désiré Court
Joseph-Désiré Court (September 14, 1797 – January 23, 1865) was a French painter of historical subjects and portraits.
Court was born at Rouen. He became a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts under Gros, and after carrying off the principal honours there pursued his studies still further at Rome. High expectations were formed of him when he exhibited in 1827 'The Death of Caesar,' a work manifesting earnest thought, and a conscientious handling of the facts of history. This is now preserved in the Louvre. Having shown himself in this and other works a vigorous painter, capable of seizing a subject with a masterly grasp, and having also in the region of portrait painting proved himself an artist of no common merit, he eventually dissipated his talents in the production of a series of empty official pictures painted by order of Louis Philippe. He died in Paris in 1865. The Bordeaux Museum has a portrait of Henri Fonfrède by him; that of Lyons, a 'Scene in the Deluge'; that of Rouen, ' Boissy-d'Anglas saluting the head of Féraud.'
Portrait of Victor Rifaut. 1822
1829
Guy-Victor Duperré. 1832.
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette. 1834
Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine. 1834
The King gives the flags to the National Guard of Paris and the Banlieu (29 August 1830). 1834
Sylvain Charles Valée. 1838
Portrait of Marguerite Louise Cibiel and of Marie Aglaure Cibiel paging through a book. 1839
Rigolette keeping herself busy while Germain is away. 1842
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