Inès d'Esménard 1786-1884 Oil On Canvas 19th Portrait Of A Little Girl Marie Perroncel 1856

Oil on canvas by Inès d'Esménard, French painter and miniaturist born in Paris around 1786 and died in 1884 in Auvers-sur-Oise.
This painting represents the portrait of Marie Perroncel (born in Paris in 1854), as indicated by a document attached to the painting.
Signed and dated 1856.
The canvas has a small lack of paint on the dress at the bottom of the painting, a slight lack under the left arm, and a small lack at the top left of the face.
Old frame in wood and gilded stucco; good general condition, some small lacks of stucco.
Painting dimensions : 46 X 38 cm.
Frame dimensions : 60 X 52 cm.
Inès d'Esménard is the daughter of the academician Joseph Etienne Esménard. Probably born around 1786 in Paris, she is the sister of Nathalie Elma d'Esménard, botanical illustrator and painter.
In addition to painting, Inès Esménard also excelled in music and mastered several languages ​​(French, English and Spanish).
Active in Paris, she exhibited at the Salons from 1814 to 1851 where she received very good reviews.
She was a student of Jean-François Colson and Jean-Pierre Franque, for oil painting, and of Jean-François Hollier for miniature.