Two XVIII century paintings by french painter Jean Girardet (1709-1778). Girardet was born in Luneville, and initially tried a number of fields including as a seminarian, a law student, and a cavalry officer. He settled on art after enrolling in Nancy-Universite, under the direction of Claude Charles (1661-1747). He completed his studies in 1738. He became a talented portraitist, and became the official painter of Stanislaw Leszczynski, where he would be commissioned to paint all the courtiers and artists and nobility. Girardet was appointed "Ordinary Painter to the King of Poland" in 1758. He also excelled in large decorative and religious paintings. His works adorn the Toul Cathedral, as well as churches in Luneville, Chanteheux, Commercy, Verdun and Metz. One of his most successful works were the paintings of the City Hall of Nancy. He is also the author of one of the first paintings dedicated to the Sacred Heart in St. Stephen's Toul Cathedral. Although there was no local academy, Girardet taught fine arts in workshops, some of which had as many as a 140 students. In 1758, he was appointed "First Painter." In 1766, after the death of Leszczynski, the queen of France Marie Leszczynska, only surviving daughter of Leszczynski, took him into his service. Girardet continued his work at Versailles but returned quickly to Nancy where he died in his house at No. 31 rue Saint-Jean, Nancy. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Sebastian Church Nancy. (wikipedia).
These paintings were willed to me by my maternal grand mother. They were restored in the 1960's by the Louvre museum restoration services in Paris.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Design Modified
Imperfections: Needs Restoration
Condition Notes: Both paintings are in excellent shape following the restoration work done in the 1960's by the Louvre Museum restoration services in Paris. The woman painting has a ding in the frame on the right side the size of a dime and could use some restoration. The man painting has two scratches next to his face on the right side (see last photo marked in red) it also could use some minor restoration.

Origin:
France

Materials & Techniques:
Oil Paint

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Original Design Modified; Needs Restoration; Both paintings are in excellent shape following the restoration work done in the 1960's by the Louvre Museum restoration services in Paris. The woman painting has a ding in the frame on the right side the size of a dime and could use some restoration. The man painting has two scratches next to his face on the right side (see last photo marked in red) it also could use some minor restoration.