Lot 120: Claudius Marcel Popelin-Ducarré (French, 1825-1892)

A Lady, resting her right elbow on the end of a bed with embroidered cover and pink roses, wearing white dress, with puff sleeves, pearl bracelets and necklace, she gazes at a small painting held in her left hand
signed on obverse Ducarre, gilt-metal frame, the papier-mâché reverse with glazed aperture to reveal gilt medallion with monogram NS
Rectangular, 121mm. (4 3/4ins.) high

Popelin-Ducarré was a pupil of Ary Scheffer and Picot. In 1861 he became a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.