Jean-François Raffaëlli (Paris 1850-1924)
Jean-François Raffaëlli (Paris 1850-1924)

An old woman, seated, in Breton dress

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Jean-François Raffaëlli (Paris 1850-1924)
An old woman, seated, in Breton dress
signed 'JF RAFFAELLI'
black chalk on light brown paper
19 x 12 in. (483 x 305 mm.)

Lot Essay

Made in preparation for the figure to the right of Raffaëlli's La famille de Jean Le Boiteux, paysans de Plougasnou, Finistère, exhibited at the Salon in 1877 and now in the Town hall at Le Quesnoy (A. Alexandre, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Paris, 1909, p. 54).

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