Portrait of Tom, a Boxer Dog, oil on panel, signed lower left “J.C.” for Jules Chardigny, without frame.
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
Height: 16 cm
Width: 12 cm
