Reading By Monfallet Adolphe

Beatiful oil on the wood measuring 31cm x 40cm plus frame 57cm x 68cm, signed lower left MONFALLET.
Extract from Bénézit;
Adolphe François MONTFALLET or MONFALLET, born in Bordeaux in 1816, died in 1900. Painter of historical scenes, genre scenes, and interiors.
He was a student of Michel Drolling, François Edouard Picot, and Adolphe Yvon. He practiced both painting and dance, belonging to the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera. From 1850 to 1882, he exhibited at the Paris Salon, and later at the Salon des Artistes Français, of which he was a member.
His works are held in the museums of Bordeaux and Reims.

The Schurr-Cabane dictionary adds:
Adolphe Monfallet, Bordeaux 1816-1900.
Charmed by Meissonnier's meticulousness, he sent small Louis XV scenes to the Salon from 1848 to 1883, featuring amiable and conventional figures almost always drawn from classical Italian theater.
This painting is in very good condition.
This scene depicts three young women, one of whom is reading a book. A man can be seen spying or listening to the conversation through a half-open door on the right.
This painting is remarkable for its quality.
The precision of the draped dresses, the subtle colors that render the silk of the garments, the background worked in an artistic blur, and the sharply defined faces and hands make this work a small marvel.
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