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Pierre-Charles Comte was a French painter best known for his meticulous history and genre paintings, often capturing dramatic or intimate moments from the past. He was born in Lyon (1823). He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Lyon (1840-42), a pupil of Claude Bonnefond and later at the studio of Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon in Paris (1848-87), and in Lyon. He then settled in Fontainebleau. His depictions of medieval scenes seem plausible, but are the same as being painted at the time. Comte became known for his grand history paintings, mostly medieval scenes. He focused on the Valois dynasty. Some of his most impressive however, are not the historical scenes, but the private interim scenes. Some are not historical scenes, but more like medieval fairy tales. We see see suggestive scenes that seem more inspired by the novels and plays of the day--clandestine meetings that carried both risk and thrill. We see, however, very few images of children. Here is a rare example of a child (figure 1). He painted some contemporary 19th century genre scenes, but not very many. In the final decades of his career, he changed his style by adopting 'modern' meaning impressionist technique. He also did some sculptures late in life.
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