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A note on the backing paper indicates that the sitter was the mother of Madame Ch. Payen.
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Claire Roussel (née Saint-Olive), facing left in black velvet dress with black buttons, embroidered gauze collar, black lace stole around her shoulders, blue flowers and falling embroidered gauze scarf in her curled dark hair; red curtain and sky background
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CÉCILE VILLENEUVE (1824-1901)
Claire Roussel (née Saint-Olive), facing left in black velvet dress with black buttons, embroidered gauze collar, black lace stole around her shoulders, blue flowers and falling embroidered gauze scarf in her curled dark hair; red curtain and sky background
signed 'Cécile Villeneuve' (mid-right) and inscribed and dated on the backing paper 'Madame Claire Roussel Ste Olive Paris 1859.'
oval, 3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame by Alphonse Giroux with ribbon and bow cresting
Claire Roussel (née Saint-Olive), facing left in black velvet dress with black buttons, embroidered gauze collar, black lace stole around her shoulders, blue flowers and falling embroidered gauze scarf in her curled dark hair; red curtain and sky background
signed 'Cécile Villeneuve' (mid-right) and inscribed and dated on the backing paper 'Madame Claire Roussel S
oval, 3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame by Alphonse Giroux with ribbon and bow cresting
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