François-rené Guétrot, Portrait Of Miss M. F… (1864)

FRANÇOIS-RENÉ GUÉTROT (1809 Oucques - 1870 Niort)
Portrait of Miss M. F…
Plaster bas-relief
31.5 × 25 cm (oval)
Signed and dated: FR Guétrot. 1864.
Salon de 1864, no 2636

This profile of a girl with a headband in her hair was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1864: 'No 2636 – Portrait of Mlle M. F…; medallion, plaster.' Avoiding the metropolis, François-René Guétrot lived and worked in Niort, a town in the west of France, about halfway between Nantes and Bordeaux, nevertheless he exhibited in Paris and was widely celebrated especially for his bas-reliefs in plaster.