(1846) Jean Pierre Victor Huguenin was born in
Dole, Jura, on 21 February 1802. His father was a musician. Victor Huguenin studied under
Jules Ramey at the
École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After teaching at
Besançon, he returned to Paris. He exhibited in various exhibitions and received orders from
Louis Philippe I for the
Museum of the History of France, Versailles, the
Jardin du Luxembourg and the courtyard of the
Louvre Palace. Around 1836 Huguenin created a sculpture of
Charles VI of France and his mistress
Odette de Champdivers. A relatively small work, it was designed to be sold to a rich art-lover who could place it on a table in a salon, or in a cabinet. It was exhibited in the Salon of 1839, and was praised for its composition and its realism. He undertook a marble statue of
Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1370-1408), Duchess of Orléans, to an order of 16 January 1843 from the Minister of the Interior. It was exhibited in the Salon of 1846, and is part of the series
Queens of France and famous women in the
Jardin du Luxembourg. In the late 1850s Huguenin undertook the decoration of the
Villa Eugénie, the
Biarritz summer home of
Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie, with Corinthian columns and reliefs of arms and crowned eagles. Victor Huguenin died on 8 January 1860 in Paris. A bronze statue of
Pasquale Paoli by Huguenin was erected in 1864 the center of the Place Paoli in
Corte, Corsica. ==Works==