Paul-Désiré Trouillebert, Portrait Of A Young Lady

Paul-Désiré Trouillebert, Portrait Of A Young LadyA sublime 19th century portrait of a young lady by French artist, Paul Dsir Trouillebert (1829 1900). How do you read her expression? Her heavy eyes suggest sorrow yet I see something different. For me, theres a suggestion of hope and a curiosity of what may become. Behind the gaze, a flicker of excitement a glimmer of a brighter future. I also particularly love the dots of white on her left earring, which capture a reflection. Trouillebert was one of

The portrait is housed within a good later frame and signed/dated in the lower right

Frank Hill Smith (1842-1904)

369 achieved for ‘Kalf’ at auction in 2008

A peaceful early 20th-century oil painting depicting a fisherman on a picturesque tree-lined lake

16” x 12” / 40cm x 30cm

I stood by the easel instead

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 36½” x 40” / 93cm x 102cmYear of creation: c

He was raised on his father’s farm and enjoyed painting nature and scenes from rural life

1840Provenance: FranceCondition: Light craquelure but the paint is stable

A fine mid-19th-century landscape painting depicting a rural view with a stream

Fine condition following a professional restoration

It seems to be the work of a ‘Portrait House’ in Vienna as it’s signed ‘Wiener Portrat Haus 1904’ and also stamped on the reverse