Jean-Jacques KARPFF, known as CASIMIR (Colmar, 1770 - Versailles, 1829) Presumed portrait of Philippe Yves (1731-1804), in profile on the left, wearing long hair and an earring Indian ink on ivory, oval shape CIC n° 2024/BE02091/CE Giltwood frame Presumed portrait of Philippe Yves (1731-1804), India ink on ivory, by J.-J. Karpff, called Casimir 2.36 x 1.96 in. 6.0 x 5.0 cm Provenance: Galerie Jaegy-Theoleyre, Paris ; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent; Private collection, Belgium Exhibitions : Jean-Jacques Karpff "Visez au sublime", Colmar, Musée Unterlinden, 18 March - 19 June 2017, p. 109, n°31 A supporter of revolutionary ideas and famous for having saved the Issenheim altarpiece, Karpff would here depict Philippe Yves, public prosecutor at the Haut-Rhin criminal court and active member of the local Jacobin club (the Société Populaire de Colmar), where artist and model became close friends, with the greatest care. Two other portraits of the same sitter were exhibited in Colmar in 2017 (op. cit. sup., cat. 25 and 38). Jean-Jacques KARPFF known as CASIMIR (Colmar, 1770 - Versailles, 1829) 6.0 x 5.0 cm A supporter of revolutionary ideas and famous for having saved the Issenheim altarpiece, Karpff would here depict Philippe Yves, public prosecutor at the Haut-Rhin criminal court and active member of the local Jacobin club (the Société Populaire de Colmar), where artist and model became close friends, with the greatest care. Two other portraits of the same model were exhibited in Colmar in 2017 (op. cit. sup., cat. 25 and 38).