Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne

Battle of Montmirail, painting by Horace Vernet, lithograph by Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne

Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne (1797 - 1860) was a French painter and lithographer. Many of his lithographs today are in major collections in London and New York City.^[1]

He obtained his first instruction in painting from Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, and from 1814 to 1819, followed the courses of the Ecole des Beaux Arts.^[2] He first exhibited both as a painter and lithographer in 1824. His best known work, ' The Extreme Unction,' painted in 1824, was reported to be in the collection of M. Dussommerard in the mid-1860s.^[2] Amongst his other original works may be cited, 'The Obsequies of the Kings of the ancient Egyptians,' and 'Gaspar Netscher and his Daughter, which are in the gallery at Dresden.^[2] His lithographs after eminent painters, old and modern, are too numerous to mention. He obtained a second-class medal in 1840.^[2]

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Michael Bryan's A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Recent and Living Painters and Engravers (1866)

1. Shepherd Gallery (1976). Non-dissenters fifth exhibition: marking our tenth anniversary. One hundred and seventy French nineteenth century drawings, pastels and watercolors. November 1, through December 31, 1976. Shepherd Gallery. p. 125. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
2. Bryan, Michael (1866). A biographical and critical dictionary of recent and living painters and engravers: forming a supplement to Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers, as edited by George Stanley. H. G. Bohn. p. 115. Retrieved 24 April 2012.