VILLENEUVE Cécile (1824-1901), PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF Laure FIZEAUX DE LA MARTEL , BORN Dupin, PARIS 1866

TECHNIQUE:

ARSTIST: VILLENEUVE Cécile (1824-1901)

SIGNED: Cécile VILLENEUVE

FRAME : Original chevalet ormolu frame, signed by Alphonse Giroux

PORTRAIT SIZE: 10x8cm

FRAME SIZE: 15x11,5cm

DESCRIPTION :

Miniature by Mme Cécile Villeneuve (1824-1901), signed on the right : Cécile Villeneuve

The miniature is identified  inside : Laure Fizeaux de la Martel née Dupin, Paris 1866.

Cécile Villeneuve was a pupil of Léon Cogniet, then of François Meuret . She is rightly considered as the most talented of the last miniaturists of the 19th century.

The work is preserved in its ormolu frame, signed by Alphonse Giroux.


CONDITION: Very good original condition

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe