Miniature Portrait Of A Young Sailor By Ernest Joseph Angelon Girard (french, 1813 - 1898)

A high-quality miniature portrait on ivory of a young sailor was executed in 1842 by the French painter and miniature artist Ernest Joseph Angelon Girard (1813 Paris - 1898).
He was a pupil of Isabey and Hollier. He made his debut at the Salon exhibitions in 1835. His miniatures are very rare on the art market; a few are in the Wallace Collection, London, and the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Literature: Thieme/Becker, "Dictionary of Artists from Antiquity to the Present (in German)," Leipzig, 1999; in French: "Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors and Decorators" by E. Benezit, Gründ, 1999.
Inscription: signed and dated 1842 on the right edge. On the back - antique inscription on the keeper in French, translated into English: "Made at the age of 24, born in 1818".
Technique: Gouache on ivory, original period wooden frame with the stamp of a frame maker and a noble collector, both on the back of the frame.
Dimensions: unframed 6.5 x 8 cm; framed 12.5 x 14.2 cm.
Condition: in very good condition.