Presumed portrait of Blanche FEILLET
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2019.9.17.2.FA.PA.1842.FRAuthor:
Pierre Jacques FEILLET (French, 1794 - 1855)Description
Painting portrait of a young woman in a dark dress with a white lace pelerine on the shoulders attached with a cameo brooch. Her arms are hiden by a blue shawl. The lady is probably Blanche FEILLET-HENNEBUTTE (French, 1815 - 1886), French painter and lithographer, the daughter of the painter Pierre Jacques FEILLET, the author of this artwork.The lace is presumably a Brussels bobbin lace made of appliqués on the handmade background tulle. The fragments of such lace, the background and the assembly are usually made by different craftswomen.
Materials
Oil on canvasWood
Origin
1842 FranceDimensions
Length : 59.5 cmHeight : 73.5 cm