Francois Xavier Fabre (Montpelier 1766-1837)

Portrait of the marquise de Groslier, ne de Fuligny-Damas (1742-1828 with a cameo pendant

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Francois Xavier Fabre (Montpelier 1766-1837)
Portrait of the marquise de Groslier, ne de Fuligny-Damas (1742-1828 with a cameo pendant
signed and dated 'F.X. Fabre/1800.' (centre left) and inscribed on the reverse by the sitter: 'Naive image de moi mme, va trouver cet ami dont s'loignent mes pas. depuis trente deux ans. A chaque instant du jour dis lui combien je l'aime. Tiens ma place en son coeur, mais ne l'usurpe pas., the sitter's belt inscribed 'je reviens'
oil on unlined canvas (see catalogue)originally rectangular, in a painted oval, then cut down and made up into an oval
14 x 12.5/8 in. (37.5 x 32.1 cm.)
in a mid-19th Century classical composition frame

Lot Essay

The sitter was a flower painter and pupil of van Spaendonck. She emigrated from France during the Revolution, living in Switzerland, Germany and Italy, where Canova dubbed her 'the Raphael of flowers', before returning to France, where she lived at Epinay.

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