Lot 120: Alexandre-Jean-Dubois Drahonet (Paris 1791-1834 Versailles)

Alexandre-Jean-Dubois Drahonet (Paris 1791-1834 Versailles)
Portrait of Henriette Louise Peterson (1796-1845), wife of Auguste, Baron du Bois de Ferrières, bust-length, in a fur-trimmed red mantle and jewels
indistinctly signed and dated 'AJD. DE 1821' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 3/8 x 20½ in. (62 x 52 cm.)

By descent in the sitter's family.
Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2010, lot 331, premium price (17,500USD).

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