alte kunst old masters köln 19. nov. 2011 lempertz auktion 987

the Comte. In 1806 Turpin de Crissé exhibited a view of the Minerva
temple in Athens in the Salon, its whereabouts now unknown, p robably
also commissioned by Choiseul-Gouffier. A steep career followed at
the court of Napoleon where, in 1809, Turpin de Crissé was appointed
Chamberlain to the Emperess Josephine who then acquired one of his
paintings of the view of Civita Castellana. Turpin de Crissé‘s paintings
became highly appreciated after that and were generously paid for.
Together with Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Turpin de Crissé worked
on an album to commemorate the coronation of Charles X. In New
York‘s Metropolitan Museum a drawing by Ingres exists with a portrait
of Turpin de Crissé. From 1835 onwards, the painter exclusively concentrated
on his extensive collection consisting of Egyptian sculpture,
coins, but also paintings by his contemporaries. He left this collection to
the town of Angers where it has been open to the public since 1889 at
Hotel Pincé as Musée Turpin de Crissé.