Lot 166: Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black coat and white shirt with a gold pin; and Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a blue dress with a lace collar and an embroidered shawl

Benoist Benjamin Bonvoisin (Montivilliers 1788-1860 Havre)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black coat and white shirt with a gold pin; and Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a blue dress with a lace collar and an embroidered shawl
the first signed and dated 'Bonvoisin 1825.' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unlined, on the original stretchers
26 x 22½ in. (66 x 57.3 cm.); and 24 x 19½ in. (61 x 49.6 cm.)
a pair (2)

A pupil of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Bonvoisin exhibited at the Paris salon of 1840, and in 1844.