Lot 178: Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (Paris 1791-1834 Versailles)

Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (Paris 1791-1834 Versailles)
Portrait of Amélie du Bois (1803-1891), wife of Lt.-Gen. Emile Joseph Frison, aide to King Leopold II, bust-length, in a blue muslin dress, with flowers in her hair
signed and dated 'AJ Dubois Drahonet 1821.' (AJ linked, lower left)
oil on canvas, unlined
24 3/8 x 20½ in. (62 x 52 cm.)

by descent in the sitter's family until 2010.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2010, lot 331, with a Portrait of Henriette Louise Peterson (1796-1845), wife of Auguste, Baron du Bois de Ferrières ($17,500).