A Young Woman Painter At Her Easel

Concentrated, her brush resting on the finished etoupe cane that rests on the edge of the frame, this young woman applies herself to her work placed on a studio easel.
At her side is her messy box of paints, and at her back a shelf where a painting is drying, turned upside down to avoid dust.
All these little details show the artist's habit of working, not a staging, but a snapshot of an artist's life in her studio.
Alas, we know nothing about her; on the back of the stretcher of this painting, an attribution in pencil and a date , 1821, and a name that is difficult to read ( Jean...?)
The painting is currently, as the photos attest, in good original condition; minor wear on the hairstyle will be corrected next week by my restorer, giving a perfect reading of the painting.
A lovely period frame in good condition perfectly dresses this interesting testimony.