Joseph Boze

Joseph Boze ( born February 7, 1745 in Martigues, † January 25, 1826 in Paris) was a French portrait painter.

From a young age he studied art and design. At the age of 17, he attended the prestigious Ecole de Dessin académique in Marseille, Ecole Supérieure today des Beaux-Arts de Marseille. Later he went to Paris and became a pupil of the French court painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour ( 1704-1788 ). Boze was known for his portraits of French nobleman from the time of the Ancien Régime.

During the French Revolution, he painted figures of the new governance as Mirabeau, Maximilien de Robespierre and Jean -Paul Marat. After he testified in the trial of Marie- Antoinette in their favor, Boze was arrested at the Conciergerie. After the fall of Robespierre he was at liberty again and emigrated to England. In 1798 he returned to Paris, where he worked as a painter until his death in 1826.

Works (selection)

Portrait of Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix de Castries (1727-1801)

Portrait of Guy Jean Baptiste Target (1733-1807)

Bonaparte and his chief of staff Berthier at the Battle of Marengo.

Portrait of Antoine de Sartine (1729-1801)

Portrait of Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan (1752-1822)

Portrait of Jean -Paul Marat (1743-1793)