J.-F. Léauté

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Signature J. Léauté Stockholm. 1810. on a miniature

J. Léauté was a French miniature painter who fled to Sweden during the French Revolution . From around 1790 to 1830 he was mainly active in western Sweden, especially in the Värmland region . He then returned to France. The resolution of the first name is not yet known.

The Swedish National Museum in Stockholm owns a miniature portrait of an unknown gentleman, signed by him and dated 1818. Another miniature portrait of an unknown gentleman, signed by him, is in the possession of the Cincinnati Art Museum .

Works (selection)

  • Half-length portrait of Comtesse Charlotte Ulrike Catherine von Gertten, née Löwenhielm, painted in 1810 on the Apertin estate (near Karlstad ), inscribed "Léauté 1810.
  • Portrait of Anna Margareta Arfwidsson, née von Jacobsson, signed "Léauté" and dated 1811 (?), North. Stockholm Museum
  • Gouache portrait of OM Müller, Feldkämmerer, from 1819.
  • Portrait of Mrs. Larsson
  • Portrait of an unknown man, inscribed "Léauté pinxit 1812"

Finnish state owned, Sinebrychoff Art Museum in Helsinki is located according to Mdme. Lemoine-Bouchard:

  • Miniature portrait of a young woman, signed "Léauté" and dated "1818" (S162).

At JM Heberle in Cologne, the Christian Hammer collection (art collector) was auctioned off in 1894 :

literature

personal data
SURNAME Léauté, J.-F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Léauté, J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French miniature painter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1790
DATE OF DEATH after 1830