“Portrait of a terrier” oil on panel signed lower left “J.C.” for Jules Chardigny. Jules Chardigny was born in London in 1842.
The son and student of the sculptor Pierre-Joseph Chardigny, he began his career by exhibiting a plaster cast of Paul and Virginie at the 1868 Salon. At the same time, he trained as a painter alongside his talented teacher, Thomas Couture. Chardigny seems to have specialized in the depiction of dogs; his work offers us some interesting portraits. He died in 1892 in Paris.
Bibliography: Bénézit, 1976: 669 19th century
France
Height: 22 cm
Width: 15 cm
