Jean-Étienne Despréaux and the renewal of dance
Close Title: Jean-Étienne Despréaux Author: ISABEY Jean-Baptiste (1767 - 1855) Date represented: Dimensions: Height 6.1 - Width 6.1 Technique and other indications: Miniature on ivory Place of conservation: Louvre museum (Paris) Website Contact copyright: © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - All rights reserved Website Image reference: 98-021673 / RF5050 © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - All rights reserved Publication date: June 2009 Agrégée d & 39; Italien, Doctor in Contemporary History at l & 39; l & 39; 39; University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Historical background It is thanks to Joséphine de Beauharnais that Jean-Étienne Despréaux (1748-1820), former dancer and dance master of the Royal Academy of Music (future Opera) under Louis XV and Louis XVI, resumed his teaching career under the Directory.