Portrait Of A Collector In His Interior, édouard Marsal 1878

Portrait of a collector in his interior and his child who appears behind curtains.
He is shown sitting in an armchair, drawing. Perhaps it is the painter himself or an artist friend. We also notice in a drawing board a caricature  of a man who does not seem to be that of the model, perhaps of Marsan himself. On the walls and here and there a few paintings and trinkets including a pair of slippers probably made of earthenware, but that's not certain... On the ceiling a beautiful Asian lantern. Lots of charming details in this beautiful painting of the interior by a late 19th century artist. Oil on you in very good condition signed lower left E. Marsal 1878.
Frame 76x60 cm 

Edouard-Antoine Marsal is a painter from Montpellier born in 1845 and died in this city in 1929. He was a student of Alexandre Cabanel in Paris and became a professor at the Montpellier School of Fine Arts in 1876. He exhibited at the Salon from 1868 to 1888.
Works in public collections
In the United States Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum: The Artist's Studio, 1889, oil on canvas.
In France:
Montpellier, Musée Fabre: Dona Marioun, good old woman of the people, 1870[5];
Alfred Bruyas in his study, 1876;
Portrait of Rodolphe Faulquier, 1879;
Portrait of an old woman, 1881;
Palavas-les-Flots, 1889, oil on canvas 55 × 100 cm
Portrait of Mr. Pierre Brun, professor at the Montpellier high school, 1905, drawing;
Portrait of Joseph Vidal, 1914;
Portrait of Madame Rose Azéma, 1923. Montpellier, University of Montpellier: Portrait of Justin Benoit
Portrait of Frédéric Parmentier
The presentation of the flag to the General Association of Students by the President of the Republic Sadi Carnot, 

Frame 76x60 cm