Julien-Leopold Boilly
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Julien-Leopold Boilly (30 August 1796, Paris
– 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French
artist noted for his 1820 booklet Album de 73 Portraits-Charge Aquarelle’s des Membres de I’Institute containing watercolor caricature
s of seventy-three famous mathematicians, in particular French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre
, the only known portrait of him.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
– 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
artist noted for his 1820 booklet Album de 73 Portraits-Charge Aquarelle’s des Membres de I’Institute containing watercolor caricature
Caricature
A caricature is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.Caricatures can be...
s of seventy-three famous mathematicians, in particular French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre
Adrien-Marie Legendre
Adrien-Marie Legendre was a French mathematician.The Moon crater Legendre is named after him.- Life :...
, the only known portrait of him.