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Armand Montjoye, real name Jules Joseph Montjoye, (Paris, 8 February 1816 – Paris, 13 January 1871) was a 19th-century French painter and playwright. A son of the dancer Louis-Stanislas Montjoie (1789 – 1865), a student of Jean-Dominique Ingres at the École des Beaux-Arts (1832), he first began to paint and exhibited a portrait of his father at the 1835 Salon. In 1839 he realised Jésus tenté par le diable and in 1842 an Autoportrait. These paintings are preserved at the national museum of the Château de Versailles He then embarked into the Theatre (1843). His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté. 1843: Le Saut périlleux, vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Yves 1848: Almanach Astrologique, Magique, Prophétique, Satirique et des Sciences Occultes. Annuaire du Monde Élégant pour 1848 1849: Les Associés, vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles de La Rounat 1851: Un Monsieur qui n'a pas d'habit, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Jautard 1852: fr, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Eugène Labiche and Auguste Lefranc 1852: Une Rivière dans le dos, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Delacour 1853: Un Homme entre deux airs, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Alfred Delacour and de La Rounat 1853: Le Jour de la blanchisseuse, vaudeville in 1 act, with Amédée de Jallais 1853: Pulchriska et Léontino, pochade mingled with couplets, with de La Rounat 1854: Un Fils malgré lui, folie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Armand-Numa Jautard 1854: Un Roi malgré lui, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with songs, with Jautard 1854: Eva, three-act play mingled with songs, with Raymond Deslandes 1855: Une Panthère de Java, pochade mingled with couplets, with de La Rounat 1855: Le Testament de Polichinelle, opéra-bouffe in 1 act 1856: S'aimer sans y voir, folie-vaudeville in 1 act 1864: Ajax et sa blanchisseuse, comédie vaudeville in 3 acts, with Eugène Grangé and Alexandre Charles Chaulieu, 1864 1864: Une Femme qui ne vient pas; scène de la vie de garçon 1835: Portrait de Louis-Stanislas Montjoie 1835: François de Bourbon, comte de Vendôme (1470-1495), Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.