François-gabriel Lépaulle (1804–1886) - Miniature Study, 1855 -

Oil on wood (mahogany), titled, signed, and dated on the back: André par Lépaulle, pinxit 1855.
Measuring 14 cm x 11 cm unframed, 19 cm x 16 cm overall.
Depicting a study of the face of Saint Andrew the Apostle, painted in 1855 as a preparatory study for a larger work.

Guillaume François-Gabriel Lépaulle, 1804–1886, French painter born in Versailles. He was a student of Henri Regnault, Horace Vernet, and Jean-Victor Bertin at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He studied history, genre, and landscape painting in turn and simultaneously painted in nearly all of these genres. He was also associated with the Barbizon School and was a renowned portraitist. He made his debut at the 1824 Paris Salon with *The Invention of the Lyre*. He subsequently exhibited in every annual exhibition with a variety of subjects, thanks in part to his numerous travels to Spain, Italy, Flanders, Africa, and Turkey. He also worked on the interior decoration of the Church of Saint-Merri, where he left behind the paintings in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Chapel. He died in Aï on August 28, 1886. Works in museums in Paris (Carnavalet), Alençon, Budapest, Dijon, Rennes, Valenciennes, Versailles, etc... Artist listed in the Bénézit. Listed on Artprice, Artnet, etc...

This wooden panel is in good condition.
The painting, which has never been cleaned and is dirty, is in very good original condition.
In its original 1855 frame, which is in good condition.
Authentic "attic find" in its original condition.

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Belgium: 9€
EEC: 25€
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