Jean-Jacques Hauer
German painter (1751–1829)
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Jean-Jacques Hauer or Johann Jakob Hauer (10 March 1751 – 3 June 1829) was a German painter active in France. Hauer is known to have painted the portrait of Charlotte Corday before her execution.[1]
The artist who drafted the portrait of Charlotte Corday in the tribunal was M. Hauer, painter and National Guard officer for the Theatre Francais. [B]ack in her cell, she asked the janitor to [let] him ... enter to finish his work. M. Hauer was let in. Charlotte thanked him [for] the interest he took [in] her fate and posed [for] him with serenity
— Lamartine
Born10 March 1751
NotableworkPortrait of Charlotte Corday
Jean-Jacques Hauer | |
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Charlotte Corday being conducted to her execution. By Arturo Michelena, 1889. The painter Hauer stands at the right | |
| Born | 10 March 1751 |
| Died | 3 June 1829 (aged 78) |
| Notable work | Portrait of Charlotte Corday |
Selected works
- Oil painting, ex-voto, Blois, Blois Cathedral.
- Oil painting, Portrait du préfet du Loir-et-Cher Louis Chicoilet de Corbigny, 1829, Blois, Château de Blois
- Pastel, Charlotte Corday, 17 July 1793, Versailles, musée Lambinet
- Oil painting, Charlotte Corday, 1793, Versailles, musée Lambinet
- Oil painting, La mort de Marat, 1794, Versailles, musée Lambinet.
- Oil painting, La confession de Louis XVI par l'abbé Edgeworth, Versailles, musée Lambinet
- Oil painting, Les adieux de Louis XVI à sa famille, 20 January 1793, Paris, Carnavalet Museum