Lot 331: ALEXANDRE JEAN DUBOIS DRAHONET

PORTRAIT OF AMÉLIE DU BOIS (1803-1891), WIFE OF EMILE JOSEPH FRISON, LIEUTENANT GENERAL, AIDE TO KING LEOPOLD II, BUST-LENGTH, WEARING A BLUE MUSLIN DRESS; PORTRAIT OF HENRIETTE LOUISE PETERSON (1796-1845), WIFE OF AUGUSTE, BARON DU BOIS DE FERRIÈRES, BUST-LENGTH, WEARING A RED COAT WITH FUR
the former signed and dated lower left AJ. Dubois Drahonet/ 1821
the latter indistinctly signed and dated lower left AJ. De/ 1821

each: 24 3/8 by 20 1/2 in.; 62 by 52 cm.

a pair, both oil on canvas the former on its original canvas

Thence by descent in the family of the sitters since the beginning of the 19th century.