Antonin Merci� (French, 1845�1916) Belle �poque PortraitA stylish portrait of a fashionable young woman dating to the Belle �poque period. Signed, faint inscription on the strainer verso and presented in a period frame.Merci� entered the �cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falgui�re and Fran�ois Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome at the age of 23. His first great popular successes were the David and Gloria Victis, which was shown and received the Medal of Honour of the Paris Salon. Merci� was appointed Professor of Drawing and Sculpture at the �cole des Beaux-Arts, and was elected a member of the Acad�mie fran�aise in 1891, after being awarded the biennial prize of the Institute of 800 in 1887. He was subsequently elected to grand officier of the L�gion d''honneur, and in 1913 became the president of the Soci�t� des Artistes Fran�ais.ConditionMinor blemishes, otherwise in good original condition. Restorations to frame.Size...