Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
It’s a masterpiece, almost certainly designed in Paris, and intended to be admired at a host of lavish soirees. She’s possibly a ‘debutante’.
During the late 1830s, dresses were ostentatious and remarkably puffy. Sleeves, as we see here, were referred to as ‘leg-o-mutton’ and enlarged at the elbow - while waists were tucked in and corseted. Ladies were considered as retiring creatures, almost doll-like in appearance, elegant, and floral.
Her hair, in contrast, is rather sober and probably influenced by the ascent of a young Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom.
Held in a beautiful 19th-century gilt frame with extensive rocaille decoration.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 31” x 35” / 69cm x 89cm
Year of creation: c. 1840
Provenance: Private collection, France.
Condition: Cleaned. Canvas relined. Faint stretcher mark. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Frame with various marks and showing its age.
Our reference: BRV2066
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Claude-marie Dubufe (Circle), Portrait of a Lady - Antique Oil Painting
