Blueboy – 13” wide by 13.5” height. Elie Dignat (attributed). Boy study (son of Royalty) signed E. Dig (illegibly) and a date that appears to be 1824. Black and white chalk drawing on blue laid paper- some foxing as shown. (Both the signature and date seem to have some loss because it’s chalk). Elie was a miniaturist, but this image could have been a study as it is typical of the type and time of the work. He was active 1780-1830 according to one source. I’m attaching an example of his signature from a miniature painting. Some similarities but done with different mediums and size. Elie-Antoine Dignat was born in Limoges. He began his artistic career in the early period of the 1st Empire. At the beginning of Restoration he was commissioned by the family d'Orleans to produce a cycle of portraits. He was also responsible for execution of altar decorations during the consecration of King Charles X in Reims (29 May 1825). Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard also mentions his activity as a restorer of manuscripts and book miniatures, especially in the years between 1836 and 1840. He worked in this function in libraries of Louis XVIII and Charles X. According to Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, Elie-Antoine Dignat died after 1840 in Paris.

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