Louis-Léopold Boilly is one of those painters who already enjoyed fame and economic success during his lifetime. This does not mean that the artist did not have to overcome crises. In 1794, at the height of the French Revolution, he almost lost his head. But his great talent not only got him into the predicament, but also saved him from it again.
The life of little Louis Leopold began quite unspectacularly. He was the son of a wood sculptor from La Bassée, a small town in the north-east of France. Nothing is known about his mother. Already as a child, Boilly showed both great interest and great talent for painting. He sold his first paintings at the age of just twelve. At 14 he presented his works to the Augustinian Order in the nearby provincial capital Douai. This is how the Bishop of Arras finally became aware of the young Boilly and called him to his court.
This marked the beginning of the artist's career, which he soon continued in Paris. The mediator was the painter Dominique Doncre, who taught him illusionist painting (trompe loeil). Before the revolution broke out, Boilly and his teacher were welcome guests in the Parisian salons. But for the prudish Jacobins his style was too erotic. The only way he escaped a punishment that would probably have cost him his head was by making a clever move: he painted a magnificent portrait of the highly respected revolutionary leader Jean Paul Marat. He was then considered rehabilitated.
Boillys had a predilection for genre paintings, often amorous ones. His work is therefore not only of artistic significance, but also documents the history of mores of the French middle class from the monarchy and the Napoleonic era to the Restoration under the Bourbons. This, too, makes his work unique, since hardly any artist of his time reached a comparably high age and remained productive until his death. Boilly died at the age of 84 in Paris and was then considered one of the most popular French painters of his time. The artist was a member of the Legion of Honor and was honored with numerous awards. Today, his most famous works, apart from the "Triumph of Marat", the painting that saved his life, include the "Entrance to the Jardin Turc" and the portrait of an unknown beauty on a bidet, which became known as "La Toilette intime".
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.jpg "The Morning Wash: Woman on a Bidet by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The dream of Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini, who saw a devil playing violin, who would become the Devil")
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_c_1790-1794_(oil_on_can_-_(MeisterDrucke-1475674).jpg "Two Young Women Kissing by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Incroyable et Merveilleuse in Paris, 1797 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110779).jpg "White grape by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Oyster Eaters - by L. Boilly by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-44832).jpg "Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773-1844) by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_a_son_-_(MeisterDrucke-961290).jpg "French Revolution: Full-length portrait of Maximilien Robespierre at his desk by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Optical Illusion, 1794 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Act of Courage of Monsieur Defontenay, Mayor of Rouen, 29th August 1792 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_Chevalier_de_Lamarck_from_Recueil_-_(MeisterDrucke-319506).jpg "Portrait of Jean-Baptiste de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck, from")
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.jpg "An Animal Trainer with Dancing Dogs, a Bear and Monkey by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Arrival of a Stage Coach at the Terminus (detail) by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Arrival of a Stagecoach at the Terminus, rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Reunion of Artists in the Studio of Isabey, 1798 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Caroline Mortier de Trévise, c. 1810-1812 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Anger in the Kitchen, from a Series of Prints Depicting the Seven Deadly Sins by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie Gilbert Mottier, Marquis de La Fayette by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Portrait of a military surgeon by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Portrait of General Jean-Baptiste Kléber by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_1800_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-908401).jpg "Francois Adrien Boieldieu (1755-1834) by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Group of Thirty-Five Heads, 1825 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Two Young Women Kissing, ca 1790-1794 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1557189).jpg "The Geography Lesson (Portrait of Monsieur Gaudry and His Daughter) by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_1827_-_(MeisterDrucke-322414).jpg "The Vaccine, engraved by Francois Seraphin Delpech, 1827 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Reading the Army Report, 1807 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Gabrielle Arnault, Child by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Those Who Inspire Love Extinguish It, or The Philosopher by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-950391).jpg "Artists Meeting in the Workshop of the Painter Jean Baptiste Isabey: Anne Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Pride in the Kitchen, from a series of prints depicting the Seven Deadly Sins by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_Louis_Philippe_II_Jo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022116).jpg "Portrait of Philippe Egalite, Duke of Chartres by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Consultation of Doctors by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot - French Physicist and Engineer by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Envy in the Kitchen, from a Series of Prints Depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, c.1850 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Dandy with a White Cravat by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1114417).jpg "Painting of family game of checkers by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Interior of a Parisian Cafe, c.1815 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_French_composer_engraving_by_Louis_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110440).jpg "Portrait of Jean-Francois Lesueur, French Composer by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "An Assembly of Artists in the Studio of Isabey by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Reunion of Artists in the Studio of Isabey, 1798 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Seven Deadly Sins: Laziness by Boilly by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Portrait of an Old Woman by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-982317).jpg "The Galleries of the Royal Palace by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Nicolas Vincent Arnault, mother of writer Antoine Vincent Arnault by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_Peinture_de_Louis_Leopold_(Louis_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320882).jpg "A Mournful Parting by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Old Man or Jealous Lover by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_ca_1789-1793_-_(MeisterDrucke-1665753).jpg "A Woman Writing to Her Lover (or The Letter), ca. 1789-1793 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Gluttony in the Kitchen, from a Series of Prints Depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, c.1850 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "At the Entrance by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Private Bird, Called The Couple and the Bird Flies Away by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Tennis Court at Versailles, engraved by Lawrence Josset, pub. 1976 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1067519).jpg "The Chess Game. Lithography by Louis Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_Deux_femmes_assistent_un_vieux_cure_dans_la_cui_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318674).jpg "An Old Curate by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Singer Chenard, as a Sans-Culotte by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_Drawing_by_Louis_Leopol_-_(MeisterDrucke-1023703).jpg "Profile Portrait of Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Seven Deadly Sins: Lust by Boilly by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Public in the Salon of the Louvre, Viewing the Painting of the")
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_child_a_book_in_hand_Painting_by_Louis_Leopold_Boilly_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1023654).jpg "Jules Boilly as a Child with a Book in Hand by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1519264).jpg "The 1807 Conscripts Marching Past the Porte Saint-Denis, ca. 1808 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Card Sharp on the Boulevard by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Jealous Old Man, 1791 by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Captain of the Company by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Distribution of Food and Wine on the Champs-Elysees by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Movings by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Seven Deadly Sins: Envy by Boilly by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_was_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-947352).jpg "Triumph of Marat by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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_1787_Paris_Decorat_-_(MeisterDrucke-951639).jpg "The Gohin Family by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "The Conscripts of 1807 Marching Past the Gate of Saint-Denis (detail) by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Antoine Vincent Arnault, Writer, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Boy by Louis Leopold Boilly")
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