LUCILLE FOULLON* (1775-1865)

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LUCILLE FOULLON* (1775-1865)

Portrait of a Lady, seated three-quarter length, wearing a black velvet dress edged in lace, with a red shawl, in a landscape

signed and dated 'Lucille Foullon/1807'--oil on canvas
39½ x 32in. (99.9 x 81.3cm.)

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Born Lucille Vachot, Foullon was a portraitist and miniaturist who studied under Robert Lefèvre. She exhibited in the Salon from 1793 to 1822 and is perhaps best known for the full length portrait of Louis XVIII she executed for the city of Lille