François-gabriel Lépaulle. (1804-1886) Woman In Oriental Costume

Portrait of an Oriental by François-Gabriel Lépaulle, French painter born in 1804 in Versailles and died in 1886 in Ay in Algeria. The painting is painted on its original canvas and signed on the top left. The painter marvelously executed the silk garment embroidered with gold thread. He was very close to the painters Régnault, Vernet and Bertin, he exhibited from 1824. He excels in the art of portraiture, and many dignitaries solicits him. Painter of history, mythological subjects and genre scenes. You can admire the portraits of Napoleon III and the Duke of Piacenza at the Palace of Versailles.