Manner Of Jean Baptiste Greuze, Portrait Of A Girl

Manner Of Jean Baptiste Greuze, Portrait Of A GirlThis charming 19th century portrait depicts a young lady with a distant, lost in time expression. She gazes wistfully into the yonder and wears roses upon her dress. The portrait is signed JB Greuze, which refers to the French painter, Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725 1805), but its a good later copy. Greuze was celebrated for his sentimental portraiture and melodramatic scenes. The painting is housed within a beautiful scroll and foliate frame. Medium: Oil

he recalls: “When all of my peers were out partying

following 20 years of learning

"I should do myself wrong if I told you that I love you better than all the world besides

but the paint layer is stable

A quiet 20th-century interior scene by Danish artist

Signed and housed in a splendid 19th-century gilt frame with foliate

Henry William Carter (act

Bousquet enjoyed painting coastal scenes and you can easily imagine him sat with a pencil as he sketched the boats throughout the day

we see the central figure

His work was shown internationally and Emperor Franz Joseph and Archduke Rainer are said to have attended his exhibitions

Artist’s auction highlight: £28

which guides your eye deeper into the forest between two birch trees in the foreground