Painting By Jeanne Gadou-boyer, Portrait Of A Man

Painting, oil on cardboard, laminated, representing a portrait of a man with glasses. Signed in the middle right and dated 1849 Bears an inscription on the back: Mr Roussel. Framed in wood and gilded stucco 19th century circa 1850 dimensions without frame: 23cm x 17cm dimensions with frame: 36.5 x 30 cm Jeanne Gadou-Boyer (circa 1820-after 1878) was born in Bordeaux. French school. Painter of portraits and miniature portraits and on porcelain. Student of Jean Paul Alaux and Gibert de Barria. She exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1873 and 1875. She worked for the Vieillard factory. Jeanne Gadou-Boyer is a professor of classical and artistic drawing professor of painting at the institution for the deaf and dumb. She received a diploma of honor at the Universal Exhibition of 1878. Author of a four-time medal-winning history painting on ivory: the last moments of Father Henri-Dominique Lacordaire.