Miniature on Ivory Signed Henri Aloïs Lorichon (1798-1861)

Henri Aloïs Lorichon (1798-1861). He was in Brussels from 1825 to 1830 and had some success with the court before returning to France. Not meeting with the expected success in Paris, he decided to settle in Spain with his family, establishing his residence of in Barcelona.
His first known miniatures, painted on ivory, date from 1826 and he announced himself in April 1841 in the Barcelona newspaper El Constitucional as a miniature portrait painter.
Our miniature was probably painted on the road that leads Lorichon from Paris to Barcelona. Passing through Limoges, he was able to take advantage of his art by painting the portrait of notables of the city such as our porcelain maker Monsieur Brisset.
Lorichon demonstrates in his work of a deep knowledge of the traditional technique with an expressive drawing, based on a very fine dotted line, emphasizing certain details of the face, transmitting to the spectator the character of his models.