Jacques-Philippe Caresme (1734 –96) was a French historical painter.

Life

Caresme was born in Paris in 1734. He was probably a pupil of Charles-Antoine Coypel, and was admitted into the

Academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

while still young, but expelled eight years later. In 1781, when a royalist, he composed an allegorical design in commemoration of the birth of the Dauphin, and in 1794, after he had become an ardent republican, he presented the

Commune of Paris The Paris Commune (, ) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended Par ...

with a drawing representing

Joseph Chalier Joseph Chalier (1747–1793) was a French lawyer and revolutionary politician who was active in Lyon. Chalier was born in Oulx, Beaulard, Susa Valley, Piedmont. As a young man, Chalier's family hoped he would take a career in the church. But ins ...

, the tyrant of

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

s, going to execution: both of these were

engraved Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an inta ...

. He also painted a large ''Nativity of the Virgin'' for

Bayonne Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Bayonne or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayonne ( French: ''Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Bayonne'' or ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayonne''; Basque: ''Santa Maria katedrala'' or ''Andre Maria katedrala''), commonly kn ...

. He engraved, from his own designs, ''The Execution of the Marquis de Favras, February 19, 1790'', and ''The Market-Women going to Versailles to compel the King to return to Paris, Oct. 5th, 1789''. He died in Paris in 1796.

References

Attribution: * 18th-century French painters French male painters 1734 births 1796 deaths Painters from Paris 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub