Lauvergne, Barthelemy (1805-1871)

Lauvergne, Barthelemy (1805-1871)

Bayot, Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste (1810-1866)

Moscow. Market on Red Square. January 9, 1840.

Lithography, paper

26,6 x 39,5

Lower left on the plate – Dessine par Lauvergne

Lower right on the plate – Lith.par Bayot

Upper left on the plate – voyages en Scandinavie et Laponie etc.

Upper right not plate – Atlas pittoresque

Excellent collector’s edition. Rarity.

Another copy is in the National Library of Norway.

Barthélemy Lauvergne (Lauvergne, Barthelemy (1805-1871) – French painter, marine painter, student of Pierre Letoire. Barthélemy Lauvergne took part in numerous marine expeditions. During the second expedition to search for sunken ships, Laperouse Laperouse met a French surgeon and naturalist, later a member -correspondent of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Joseph-Paul Guemar. In 1838, Gemar organized a series of expeditions to the northern regions of Europe, which went down in history under the name La Recherche Expedition. In 1839-1840 the expedition traveled to Finland, Russia, Germany, Denmark and Eastern Europe Reports of this expedition were collected in one publication – “Journey to Scandinavia, Lapland, Finland, Svalbard in 1838, 1839, 1840” (Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe, pendant les années 1838, 1839 , 1840).

Since 1838, Barthélemy Lauverne exhibited at the Paris Salon on several occasions, in 1839 Lauverne was awarded a medal of the third class of the Salon and became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1841. Lauvergne’s lithographs were highly valued in the French milieu and beyond. They found a worthy assessment in Russia.