Boilly was an accomplished painter of portraits and genre scenes. His work shows clear Neoclassic influences, but his subject matter was drawn more from middle-class daily life. His long career spanned the period from monarchy to Revolution to Napoleonic era and into the restored monarchy. He nearly lost his life in the Reign of Terror when his work was accused of being overly "erotic". The discovery in his home of a patriotic painting (Triumph of Marat, 1794, below) resulted in a reprieve - fortunately for us, as he went on to produce many wonderful paintings in subsequent years.
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