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Jean Baptiste Debret
Jean Baptiste Debret

Jean Baptiste Debret

French, 1768-1848
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Jean-Baptiste Debret was a French painter, who produced many valuable lithographs depicting the people of Brazil. Debret won the second prize at the 1798 Salon des Beaux Arts.

Debret studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts, a pupil of the great Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) to whom he was related. He accompanied David to Rome in the 1780s. His debut was at the Salon des Beaux Arts of 1798, where he got the second prize.

He travelled to Brazil in March 1816 as a member of the so-called French Artistic Mission, a group of bonapartist French artists and artisans bound to creating an arts and crafts lyceum in Rio de Janeiro (Escola Real de Artes e Ofícios) under the auspices of King D. João VI and the Count of Barca. The lyceum later became the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts) under Emperor Dom Pedro I.

As a painter favored first by the Portuguese court in exile and later by the imperial court in Rio, Debret was often commissioned to paint portraits of many of its members, such as Portuguese king Dom João VI and the Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria, the first empress of Brazil, who married D. Pedro I (Debret was commissioned to produce a painting of her arrival for the marriage at the Rio port, as well as the public acclaiming of the new Emperor). He established his atelier at the Imperial Academy in December 1822 and became a valued teacher in 1826. In 1829 Debret organized the first arts exhibition ever to take place in Brazil, in which he presented many of his works as well as of his disciples. Emulating David's role during the French Empire, Debret was also involved in the drawing ornaments for many of public ceremonies and official festivities of the court and even some of the courtier's uniforms are credited to him.

He corresponded frequently with his brother in Paris. After noticing his brother's interest in his depiction of everyday life in Brazil, he started to sketch street scenes, local costumes and relations of the Brazilians in the period between 1816 and 1831. He took a particular interest in slavery of blacks and in the indigenous peoples in Brazil. Together with the German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802–1858), his work is one of the most important graphic documentation of life in Brazil during the early decades of the 19th century.

Debret returned to France in 1831 and became a member of the Academie des Beaux Arts. From 1834 to 1839 he published his monumental series of three volumes of engravings, titled Voyage Pittoresque et Historique au Brésil, ou Séjour d'un Artiste Français au Brésil ("A Picturesque and Historic Voyage to Brazil, or the Sojourn of a French Artist in Brazil"). Unfortunately the work was not a commercial success. In order to survive, he made lithographs depicting paintings by his distant cousin David, but the editions were very limited and money was short. Debret died poor in Paris in 1848.

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Momie d’un chef de Coroados

Momie d’un chef de Coroados (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Monnaies brésiliennes de diverses epoques

Monnaies brésiliennes de diverses epoques (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Monument et convoi funèbres de l’impératrice Léopoldine à Rio de Janeiro

Monument et convoi funèbres de l’impératrice Léopoldine à Rio de Janeiro (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Nègres cangueiros; Différentes nations nègres

Nègres cangueiros; Différentes nations nègres (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Nègres chasseurs rentrant en ville. Le retour des nègres d’un naturaliste

Nègres chasseurs rentrant en ville. Le retour des nègres d’un naturaliste (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Nègres scieurs de long

Nègres scieurs de long (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Nègres, vendeurs de charbon. Vendeuses de pled (blé) de Turquie

Nègres, vendeurs de charbon. Vendeuses de pled (blé) de Turquie (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Négresses allant à l’église, pour être baptisées; Chevaliers du Christ, en grand costume de l’ordre

Négresses allant à l’église, pour être baptisées; Chevaliers du Christ, en grand costume de l’ordre (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Nègresses libres, vivant de leur travail; Nègresses marchandes, de sonhos, manoé, aloà

Nègresses libres, vivant de leur travail; Nègresses marchandes, de sonhos, manoé, aloà (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Nègresses marchandes d’angou; Fours à chaux

Nègresses marchandes d’angou; Fours à chaux (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Nègros de carro; Barque brésilienne faite avec un cuir de boeuf

Nègros de carro; Barque brésilienne faite avec un cuir de boeuf (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Ordres brésiliens; Couronnes, sceptres et manteaux

Ordres brésiliens; Couronnes, sceptres et manteaux (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Panorama de l’intérieur de la baie de Rio de Janeiro

Panorama de l’intérieur de la baie de Rio de Janeiro (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Pauvre famille dans sa maison; Menuisier allant s’installer. Transport de feuilles d’aloès

Pauvre famille dans sa maison; Menuisier allant s’installer. Transport de feuilles d’aloès (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Petit moulin à sucre, portatif

Petit moulin à sucre, portatif (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Peuplade de Gouaycourous changeant de pâturages

Peuplade de Gouaycourous changeant de pâturages (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Plans et élévation de deux grandes maisons

Plans et élévation de deux grandes maisons (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Plans et élévation de deux petites maisons

Plans et élévation de deux petites maisons (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Poterie; Vannerie; Armes offensives, rame

Poterie; Vannerie; Armes offensives, rame (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Quête nommée la folie de l’empereur du St. Esprit; Drapeau et pavillon brésiliens

Quête nommée la folie de l’empereur du St. Esprit; Drapeau et pavillon brésiliens (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Radeau de bois de construction; Charroi de bois de charpente

Radeau de bois de construction; Charroi de bois de charpente (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Retour à la ville, d’un propiétaire de chácara; Litière pour voyager dans l’interieur

Retour à la ville, d’un propiétaire de chácara; Litière pour voyager dans l’interieur (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Rideau d’avant scène exécuté au Théâtre de la Cour, pour réprésesntation d’apparat

Rideau d’avant scène exécuté au Théâtre de la Cour, pour réprésesntation d’apparat (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Roseau éventail (ouba)

Roseau éventail (ouba) (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Sauvages civilisés soldats indiens de la province de la Coritiba, ramenant de sauvages prisonniéres

Sauvages civilisés soldats indiens de la province de la Coritiba, ramenant de sauvages prisonniéres (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Sauvages civilisés, soldats indiens de Mugi das Cruzas (Province de St. Paul) combattant des Botocoudos

Sauvages civilisés, soldats indiens de Mugi das Cruzas (Province de St. Paul) combattant des Botocoudos (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Sauvages Gouaranis civilisés, riches cultivateurs de vignes

Sauvages Gouaranis civilisés, riches cultivateurs de vignes (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Sauvages Goyanas, (à O Mar Pequeno.)

Sauvages Goyanas, (à O Mar Pequeno.) (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Scène de carnaval; Paveurs. Marchande d’atacaça

Scène de carnaval; Paveurs. Marchande d’atacaça (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Suite de la panorama de la baie de Rio de Janeiro.

Suite de la panorama de la baie de Rio de Janeiro. (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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