LELOIR Héloïse, née COLIN (1815-1874), PORTRAIT OF A LITTLE GIRL, PROVENANCE ARTIST'S FAMILY, CIRCA 1850

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: LELOIR Héloïse, née COLIN (1815-1874)

SIGNED: Héloïse Leloir

FRAME : Ormolu frame.

PORTRAIT SIZE: 9x7,5cm

FRAME SIZE: 13x11cm

DESCRIPTION :

Large miniature on Ivory signed on right : Héloïse Leloir, from the artist’s family and showing a little girl turning the pages of a watercolor book (a symbol for this great family of artists).

Héloïse Leloir, born Colin was the daughter of the painter Alexandre Colin. She exhibited until 1842 under her maiden name. She married the painter Auguste Leloir on that date and then signed her miniatures with her wife’s name.

Her miniatures are very rare.

The famous painter Fançois Edouard Picot (1786-1868) was his wedding witness; Achille Dévéria (1800-1857) was his parents.

The children of the couple were Maurice Leloir (illustrator) and Alexandre-Louis Leloir (painter).

Héloïse was, with her sisters (Adèle Anaïs wife of painter Toudouze, and Laure Noël), among the greatest illustrators of Parisian fashion.

On the life of Héloïse Colin-Leloir : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9lo%C3%AFse_Colin


CONDITION: Very good original condition

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Blattel, Schidlof, Theme et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard

PRICE: 1700€