Jean-François Raffaëlli

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 20, 1950, lot 130
Private Collection

Paris, Oeuvres de Jean-François Raffaëlli, March 15-April 15, 1884, no. 12bis (as Cuisinière au marché)

Henry Gréville, “Les Petites Marchandes des rues,” Les Types de Paris, Paris, 1889, no. 1, illustrated opp. p. 12

This work is on paper laid down on panel, likely in the artist's studio as it is consistent with other works by the artist. It is in lovely condition with no apparent issues under UV.
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Raffaëlli provided the illustrations for Les Types de Paris, an extensively illustrated album of stories by the most prominent Realist and Naturalist writers in Paris.  The present work is the source for his illustration La Cuisinière au Marché, which appeared in Henry Gréville’s story, Les Petites Marchandes des rues.