Fanny Charrin
A life in miniature Fanny Charrin lived her days between the quiet focus of a studio and the busy streets of Paris. Born in Lyon around 1781, she moved within a family where art was a shared language, alongside her sister Sophie. Her hands learned the delicate precision required for portrait miniatures through the guidance of Étienne-Charles Le Guay and Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin. The latter became more than a teacher; he was a friend whose influence can be seen in the way she approached the small, intimate surfaces of ivory. Her studio at 20 Rue Neuve d'Orléans sat near the Porte Saint-D…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Fanny Charrin's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.