Lot Essay
The present work is a preparatory portrait for the figure of M. Amiable in Raffaëlli's 1883 painting Portrait de M. Clémenceau dans une réunion électorale (Versailles, Musée de Versailles).
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Portrait de M. Louis Amiable
Details
Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850-1924)
Portrait de M. Louis Amiable
signed 'J.Raffaëlli' (lower right); signed again 'JFRaffaelli' (lower left)
oil on board
13 x 10 1/8 in. (33 x 25.7 cm.)
Painted in 1883
Portrait de M. Louis Amiable
signed 'J.Raffaëlli' (lower right); signed again 'JFRaffaelli' (lower left)
oil on board
13 x 10 1/8 in. (33 x 25.7 cm.)
Painted in 1883
Provenance
The artist's studio.
Exhibited
Paris, 28 avenue de l'Opéra, Oeuvres de Jean-François Raffaëlli, March - April 1884, no. 104.
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