Portrait of the Sculptor Callamard

This portrait was executed when the sculptor Charles Antoine Callamard (1776-1812) was barely twenty-five old, winner of the Prix du Rome in sculpture in 1797. When it was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Vivants in 1801, the miniature drew the attention of the critics, who praised the unusual delicacy of its execution and the veracity of the sitter’s feature.