"Ange Tissier, Portrait Of An Italian Woman Or A Saint"
Jean-Baptiste-Ange TISSIER, known as Ange TISSIER (Paris, 1814 – Nice, 1876)An Italian Woman or a Saint
Oil on canvas (old relining)
Signed TISSIER lower right
58 x 50 cm
Original frame in wood and gilt stucco decorated with friezes of heart-shaped leaves, twisted ribbons and tongues and acanthus leaves
Dimensions with frame: 83 x 75 cm
Note: this may be the painting exhibited at the 1869 Salon under the title Italienne and number 2267, but the painting was lithographed at the time by a certain Julien, and in the engraving the woman has a halo, which would suggest she is a Saint or Mary Magdalene (see attached photo).
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