Young Woman With A Mask, Henri Serrur, 1844

Portrait of a young woman dressed as a shepherdess, wearing a Columbine mask in her right hand. Signed SERRUR in the middle right. It is undoubtedly a disguise for a party or a carnival, worn by this young person, hence the presence of the mask. Henri Auguste César SERRUR, born February 8, 1794 in Lambesart, died in Lille on March 31, 1876, is a French painter. A student of JB Regnault at the Beaux Arts in Paris from 1837, he exhibited in this city between 1819 and 1850. A history painter, he also created portraits. The work presented here appeared in the exhibition organized in Amiens in 1844 by the Society of Friends of the Arts of the Somme department under this title: "La Bergère; Pompadour style", number 271 of the catalog. Example before the time of renewed interest in the 18th century. which reached its peak later under the Second Empire, under the leadership of Empress Eugénie. Carved and gilded wooden frame 75x88 Original canvas and stretcher