Miniatures — Graphik und Gemälde 15.-20- Jh
Jean Henri Benner was a French miniature painter and portraitist.
Benner was a pupil of the French painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French: Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1767-1855). In 1815-16 he worked in Warsaw, and from 1816 to 1825 - in St. Petersburg, where he painted portraits of representatives of the Russian and Polish aristocracy.
In Russia Henri Benner also created a series of 24 portraits of the Russian tsars of the Romanov dynasty, members of their families and court dignitaries - the so-called "Romanov Suite". This series is unique: it is executed in several sets. Now three sets of the series are kept in the State Hermitage.
In parallel, Benner created other albums of miniature portraits, which enjoyed great success at the time. And even before Russia, in 1812, he executed a series of miniatures depicting representatives of the Habsburg dynasty.
Jean-Baptiste Regnault was a French neoclassical painter. He was a prominent artist in his time, known for his historical paintings, portraits, and illustrations.
Regnault began his artistic training at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, where he studied under the painter Joseph-Marie Vien. He went on to win the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1776, which allowed him to travel to Italy and study the works of the Old Masters.
Regnault's paintings often depicted classical and historical themes, inspired by the neoclassical movement that was popular during his lifetime. He was known for his skillful use of color and light, as well as his attention to detail and composition.
