Pierre-Joseph Lion (7 May 1729, in

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– 1 September 1809, in Dinant) was a painter from the

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. Ninth child of the notary Henri-Ghislain and Adalaide Golenvaux, Lion traveled extensively and worked in several European capitals, including

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and

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. In the Habsburg capital, he was the official painter of the

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and her son,

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Works

* ''Portrait of Jacques Heuskin, prior Crosier of Liège'', pastel, 61 × 50 cm, 1756. * ''Portrait of JB Dufresne penultimate abbot of Floreffe'', oil on canvas, 115.5 × 87 cm, 1777 (preserved in the seminar Floreffe). * ''Self Portrait'', 1779. * ''Portrait'', black chalk heightened with watercolor on paper, 22 × 16.5 cm, 1796. * ''Portrait of Baron Buddenhocki'' (?), Oil on canvas, 84 × 66 cm (in the Museum of Groesbeeck Croix, Namur). * ''Portrait of old lady'', oil on canvas, 54 × 46 cm (kept at the Hotel de Dinant). * ''Portrait of Miss Lucy and Miss Frances Carpenter'', 107.3 × 92 cm.

References

* The Enlightenment in the Principality of Liège: xhibition Museum of Walloon Art and cultural evolution of Wallonia, October–November–December, 1980, Liège, he Museum, 1980 p. 183-184.

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Neil Jeffares
LION, Pierre-Joseph
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