"Antique Portrait Painting, Elegant Lady Sewing, Female Portrait, Oil On Wood, XIX. (qr685)"
The Ancient Paintings category features a
Beautiful Portrait of a Woman, an Elegant Lady Sewing,
an
oil painting on panel from the 19th century. This is a quality old master portrait,
of a woman seated and sewing in a
19th-century setting.
The old master work is
signed on the lower right C. Pecrus, a French painter of genre paintings,
portraits, animals, landscapes, and marine paintings.
Charles François Pécrus (1826–1907), a French painter, was born in Limoges but moved to Paris where he worked
on the
Études des Ponts-et-Chaussées. He then continued studying at the
École des Beaux-Arts, under the tutelage of
Eugène Fichel and Javet. He began exhibiting at the
Salon des Artistes Français from 1857 until 1905,
where he was highly regarded for
his genre scenes and portraits of women.
In 1865, his work "Le lendemain des noces" (The Day After the Wedding)
was purchased by Emperor Napoleon III.
He frequented important artists such as
Narcisse-Diaz de la Peña of the Barbizon movement, became friends with
Eugène Boudin,
and with Jongkind and Alfred Stevens. From 1885, he devoted himself almost entirely to free
Impressionist painting.
Some of his paintings are found in
various French museums: the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée de Limoges, the Musée de Reims,
the Musée de Cherbourg, and the Musée de Honfleur.
The antique painting is
framed in pure gold leaf from the 19th century. French Antique.
The frame and oil painting have been
carefully and professionally restored.
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Bibliography: E. Bénézit. Dictionary of Painters, Sculptures, Drawers and Engravers
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Panel dimensions: 34 x 24 cm
Dimensions with frame: 63 x 53 cm
Depth: 11.5 cm
Weight: 8 kg
Restored Painting | French Origin | 19th Century | Antique | Old Master Paintings | Portrait of an Elegant Lady