Jean Francois Marie Huet Villiers, Goddess Hebe, 1810, Original Pastel Drawing

Huet villiers, original unsigned work.

Villiers was born in Paris in 1772. He exhibited portraits at the Paris Salon in 1799, 1800 and 1801, and then settled in London.

He was a versatile artist, he drew landscapes, animals and architecture, but he stood out in his miniature portraits and oil paintings.
He was appointed painter of miniatures to the Duke and Duchess of York, whose portraits were engraved, as were those of Louis XVIII, the Duke and Duchess of Angoulême, the Duke of Enghien and Madame Quentin (wife of George Augustus Quentin). [2]

Villiers painted many actresses and other ladies with mythological characters, and his "Hebe" was very popular and frequently recorded. He exhibited mainly at the Royal Academy of Art and other exhibitions from 1803 until his death, and was a member of the Associate Artists in Watercolors from 1807 to 1812.
He published two series of engravings: Rudiments of cattle (1805) and Rudiments and characters. of Trees (1806–7), and he made the drawings for some of the plates in R. Ackermann's History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments (1812). Villiers died in Great Marlborough Street, London, on 28 July 1813, and was buried in St Pancras Churchyard.
- We give the client the engraving of the same work that can be seen in the additional photographs.
where all the documentation about the work appears
pastel drawing on paper adhered to cardboard.
with total measurements of 64.5 x 51 cm.
Sold unframed.
paint with stains and damage on edges,
We attached along with the work the label that was on the back of the frame (which was thrown away due to its poor condition).

Pastel painting from the early 19th century, around 1810. 
representing the goddess Hebe.
pastel on paper, glued on cardboard 
unframed.
 In Greek mythology, Hebe was the goddess of youth, 
daughter of Zeus and Hera. 
She served nectar and ambrosia to the Olympians and later married Heracles, with
who had 2 children, Alexia and Anicetus.
Hebe was believed to have the ability to restore youth, 
Hebe lost her position as cupbearer to the gods when she stumbled
and her dress was unbuttoned, exposing her breasts as shown here.
she was replaced by Ganymede, Zeus's lover and protégé