Lot 414: On the balcony

On the balcony signed 'P. Bonirote.' (upper left) oil on canvas 92 x 74cm (36 1/4 x 29 1/8in).

92x 74cm

The present lot is believed to depict the Duchess of Placentia (Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun) a Greek Philhellene who played a major role in Bonirote's appointment at the Athens Art Department at the Polytechnic School in 1840-43. The other young woman is believed to be her daughter, Eliza.