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Artist:     Alphonse Giroux (French, 1775 - 1848)
Title:     Portrait of a young lady
Item ID   3627
Price:     900.00 €
   

   
 

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Extremelly fine portrait (crayon on paper) of a French noble young lady was executed in the first half of 19th century by listed French portrait and miniature artist Alphonse Giroux (1775 - 1848), it΄s known his miniature portrait of the Count Rumjantzoff from the collection of Russian Impress ( illustrated by Williamson).A painter of the same name was a well-known Parisian art dealer, pupil of David, organized between 1811 and 1857 various studio sales, was restorer and eboniste, restorer. He was the official restorer of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and also known for constructing the daquerrotype cameras designed by Daquerre.

Literature: Thieme/Becker, Benezit and Saur Arist Lexicons.

Inscription: signed middle left, on the backsite of the cover - afew original inscriptions about the artist and the sitter.

Technique: crayon on paper. Original period gold-plated frame .

Measurements: unframed w 12 3/4" x h16 " (32,3 x 40,8 cm), framed w 17 5(8" x h 21" (44,8 x 53,2 cm)

Condition: in good condition