LOUIS EDUARD PAUL FOURNIER (FRENCH, B.1857)

THE ACTOR JEAN MOUNET-SULLY IN HIS DRESSING ROOM

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LOUIS EDUARD PAUL FOURNIER (FRENCH, B.1857)
THE ACTOR JEAN MOUNET-SULLY IN HIS DRESSING ROOM
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED '...DE MOUNET-SULLY/A PHILIPPE GILLE BIEN CORDIALEMENT/LOUIS EDOUARD FOURNIER' (LOWER RIGHT)
OIL ON BOARD
6 X 9¾IN. (15.2 X 24.7CM.)

拍品專文

JEAN SULLY MOUNET, CALLED MOUNET SULLY, WAS BORN IN BERGERAC IN 1841, HE DIED IN PARIS IN 1916. HE WAS BEST KNOWN AND RECOGNISED FOR HIS WORK AT THE COMEDIE FRANCAIS, WHERE HE SPECIALISED IN TRAGIC ROLES. HE WAS MUCH ADMIRED AND VERY POPULAR AND IS REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF SARAH BERNHARDT'S MANY LOVERS.