Lot 101
  • 101

François-Gabriel-Guillaume Lépaulle

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • François-Gabriel-Guillaume Lépaulle
  • Portrait d'Henriette Grevedon
  • Signé en haut à gauche G. Lepaulle
  • Huile sur toile
  • 73.5 x 60cm ; 28 7/8 by 23 5/8 in

Provenance

Geneviève Sienkiewicz, fille du peintre Edouard Blanchard (voir lot 103) et filleule d'Henriette Dumas épouse d'Alexandre Dumas fils;
Resté depuis chez ses descendants

Exhibited

Très probablement, Paris, Salon de 1831, n° 2785

Condition

The painting was relined. It is presented in its original frame. Under UV light, a cross-shaped tear (8cm wide and 7cm high) appears in the background on the left, above the cushion. A small repaint appears in the background on the right. Very good general condition.
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Catalogue Note

Fille du peintre et graveur Pierre-Louis-Henri Grevedon, Henriette Grevedon (vers 1815-1895) épousa le comédien et dramaturge François-Joseph Regnier de la Brière (1807-1885). Leur fille Henriette (1851-1934) épousa en secondes noces Alexandre Dumas fils, peu après le décès de la première épouse de Dumas, la princesse Narychkine.