Old Master Drawings

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Lot 181
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* Baron Jean-Antoine Gros Paris 1771 - 1835 Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine

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Description

  • Baron Jean-Antoine Gros
  • portrait of a young girl, sitting in a chair with a book in her hand
  • signed and dated in black chalk, lower right: = gros. 7 .6 1790 -
  • black chalk

Exhibited

Exposition Centennale de l'Art Français, 1889 (according to the exhibition label, on reverse of the backing board)

Catalogue Note

The attribution to Baron Gros was confirmed by Mr Gérard Augier, who noted that, at this early stage in his career, Gros was very much influenced by Madame Vigée Lebrun.