Offered by Poncelin de Raucourt Fine Arts
REQUEST INFORMATION
Paintings and drawings, from 16th to 19th century
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN LOUIS FORAIN
(Reims 1852 - 1931 Paris)
End of lunch or Portrait of a young woman seated at a table, in front of a cup of coffee, probably Portrait of Marguerite Charpentier
Circa 1880
Pastel on canvas
56 x 46 cm
Bears on the back of the canvas the stamp of « P. Gay », well-known supplier of canvases (toile) and art materials for artists in 19th-century Paris. Bears on the back a label with the inscription in pen and brown ink « Madame Charpentier N°81 »
Provenance:
Collection of Madame Charpentier, probably Madame Marguerite Charpentier (Madame Georges Charpentier, born Marguerite Louise Lemonnier (1848-1904));
Private collection, Paris.
