Portrait Of Madame Fouque.

Son of the locksmith Honorat Fouque and Marguerite Barbier, Jean-Marius Fouque's first master was the Arlesian painter François Huard. After receiving a scholarship from the city of Arles, he studied painting at the École de beaux-arts in Paris under the direction of Léon Coigniet. He exhibited from 1846 and received numerous commissions from the State. A painter of the Second Empire, he produced numerous portraits of the emperor and empress, and became official painter of RamaV, King of Siam. On the death of M. Dumas, director of the drawing school and curator of the Arles museum, he applied for this position on condition that he enjoy a salary of 3,500 livres and suitable accommodation, claims that were not accepted. He died in Lorient in 1880. He made several portraits of his wife, some of which are in the Nantes museum. Our portrait of Madame Fouque, whose author seems indisputable, is dedicated to a friend of hers: "to her friend J..e. Levigne..Mme Fouque. Painting relined previously without apparent justification, probably reinforcement strips on the sides would have been sufficient. Canvas size: 22 x 27 cm and 33.5 x 38.5 including frame. Quality frame in carved wood.